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Leucite from
Mount Gytha, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Leucite
Formula:K(AlSi2O6)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Leucite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Gytha, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:415155
Long-form Identifier:1:3:415155:5
GUID (UUID V4):fd9f9183-d245-4f98-b2eb-241714b4c6b6
Nearest other occurrences of Leucite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Machells Pyramid, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
2.1km (1.3 miles) Mount Noreen, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
4.3km (2.7 miles) Mount Cedric, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
7.6km (4.7 miles) Fishery Hill, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
8.5km (5.3 miles) Mount Ibis, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
13.7km (8.5 miles) Noonkanbah Hill, Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
20.0km (12.4 miles) Walgidee Hills, Noonkanbah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
39.7km (24.6 miles) Metters Bore No. 1 lamproite pipe, Calwynyardah field, Calwynyardah Station, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
82.1km (51.0 miles) Ellendale 4 West, Ellendale, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
82.3km (51.1 miles) Oscar Plug, Ellendale, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PAPER Insights into the petrogenesis of the West Kimberley lamproites from trace elements in olivine A...lamproites of the West Kimberley region, Western Australia include olivine-leucite lamproites (≤10 wt%...wt% MgO) containing olivine and leucite microphenocrysts, and diamondiferous olivine lamproites (20–30...temperature with depth of origin (Na, Al, Ca). The West Kimberley lamproite olivines are not enriched in Li,...isotopes. Keywords Lamproite . Olivine . Mantle . West Kimberley . Trace elements Introduction Forsteritic
Book
Emeritus Professor of Geology University of Western Australia in recognition of his pioneering studies of...recognition of diamond-bearing lamproites in Western Australia and the reclassification of several anomalous...at ARCO in Dallas was provided by 1. Talbot, V. Mount, S. R. Yang, F. Stiff, and E. Kinsel, and at Lakehead...Discoveries-1870-1906 1.3. Etymology of Lamproite 1.4. Western Australian Discoveries-The Legitimization of Lamproites...Group Name: Prairie Creek 3.2.2. Group Name: Leucite Hills 3.2.3. Group Name: Smoky Butte 3.2.4. Group
Book (edition)
National Library of Australia card number and ISBN 0 207 12278 4 Registered in Australia for transmission...transmission by post as a book PRINTED "ill we IN AUSTRALIA BY HALSTEAD PRESS, SYDNEY To DR W. R. BROWNE...the Alpine ultramafic rocks (Chapter 14) and the leucite lamproites (Chapter 9) suggest the emplacement...edition of this book only rocks occurring in Australia were described, but in this edition a short chapter...that this brief survey of the igneous rocks of Australia may stimulate research into some of the minerals
Book
Orangeites . 1. 8.1. Finsch . . . . . . . . 1.8.2. Barkly West Region. 1.8.2.1. Bellsbank. 1.8.2.2. Sover . . ...mines. It was around these mines that the town of Kimberley was established. The story of these early discoveries... this rock was named, from its occurrence at Kimberley, kimberlite. Many other occurrences of kimberlite...geological character of the original deposits at Kimberley was disseminated. By the end of the nineteenth...species) given as prefixes to the root name, e.g., leucite diopside lamproite. These compound names reflect
Book (edition)
Olivine-Basalt T racbyte Phonolite Association. The Leucite-Basalt Potash-Trachybasalt Association 9. VOLCANIC.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leucite........ . . .. .. ...... . . . . . . H ypersthene...steps will be determined by the rate of the slo-west of these, and in many processes of geological importance...volcanic provinces, such as the island of Mull in western Scotland or the Pacific island of Tahiti, and,...rich in N a20 or K20 as compared with Si02. 1. Leucite, KA1Si206, found only in volcanic rocks. 2. Nepheline
 
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