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Iridosmine from
Adamsfield, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Town
Classification
Species:Osmium var: Iridosmine
Formula:(Os,Ir)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Osmium3 photos of Iridosmine associated with Osmium at this locality.
Rutheniridosmine2 photos of Iridosmine associated with Rutheniridosmine at this locality.
Osmiridium2 photos of Iridosmine associated with Osmiridium at this locality.
Iridium1 photo of Iridosmine associated with Iridium at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Iridosmine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Adamsfield, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:427469
Long-form Identifier:1:3:427469:8
GUID (UUID V4):4fe22739-ae58-4279-9ad9-8ae3d7a00e1a
Localities for Iridosmine in this Region
Halls Open Cut, Adamsfield, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Iridosmine
1.4km (0.8 miles) Halls Open Cut, Adamsfield, Derwent Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia Publication details, including instructions for...alloys from boninitic magmas: Evidence from western Tasmania a b David C. Peck , Reid R. Keays & Ramsey J...Vic., 3052, Australia c Formerly of the Department of Geology , University of Tasmania , GPO Box 252C...252C, Hobart, Tas., 7001, Australia Published online: 09 May 2007. To cite this article: David C. Peck...alloys from boninitic magmas: Evidence from western Tasmania, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences: An International
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Tasmania R. J. Foao Departmentof Geology,Universityof Tasmania,Hobart, Tasmania7005,Australia Abstract...Sprentdiscovered "osmiridium"in 1875 in the Wilson River valley. Thesemineralsare now knownfrom placerdeposits...availablefor the Tasmanjan minerals.Some 31 analysesof Adamsfield materialfrom varioussources werepublished by...Cabri and Harris (1975) analyzed15 grainsfrom Tasmania,includingninefrom Heazlewoodand six from Adamsfield...(Rubenach, enach, 1978). 498 PLATINUM-GROUPMINERALS,TASMANIA 499 500 R. J. FORD OS Ir Os Ir for Brookside
Report (issue)
(Os,lr) Iridosmine Crystal Data: Hexagonal. Point Group: 6/m 2/m 2/m. Rounded to sub-rounded grains...the Heazlewood Complex and the Adamsfield district, Tasmania, Australia. In the Guma Water placers, Sierra
Corporate Document (Series)
A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker...Baker Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...rossi'oilittes PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Harris and Cabri [17], in which commonly used "iridosmine" and "osmiridium" are now replaced by hexagonal...this study were from the Cambrian Adamsfield intrusions in Tasmania, the Carboniferous "serpentine belt"...eastern Sabah, Malaysia (Fig. 1). Among them, the Adamsfield intrusions [19] and ultramafic intrusions of...1870s/1860$(c) N(d) NON-ZONED TYPES Adamsfield, Tasmania, Australia 906"0862 Ir430s47Ru10 [18] 1.028 9060863...TABLE 2 Range o f 1 8 7 0 s / 1 8 ~ 0 s Location Adamsfield Cariboo Atlin Kalimantan Sabah Teshio Onnabetsu
Report (edition)
British G1-1iana • • •• India .. • • • • • • Australia .. • • • • Papua .. • • • • • • New Guinea • •...quantities were produced in U.S.A., Canada and Australia. In 1934, howe,rer, Canada for the first time...and iridium known generally as osmiridiitm or iridosmine. Iridium also occurs free from osmium and alloyed...•• (Banket). 33·83 28·68 12·51 8·62 0·43 0·50 Tasmania. 45·55 42·24 7·92 l ·91 0·25 0·01 Native iridium...supplies of which are obtained from occurrences of iridosmine and platinum. Native palladium (Pd) is cubic;
Book
# ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...panning for osmiridium at the “Clay Bank”, west of Adamsfield. Published by GEMCRAFT PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries...specimens are likely to be discovered in the State of Tasmania. Over the past decade the popularity of the lapidary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BELT SYSTEM IN TASMANIA P . L . F . C O L L I N S a n d E. W I L L I A M S Tasmania Geological Survey...of Mines, p.o. Box 56. Rosny Park, Tasm. 7018 (Australia) (Accepted for publication January 13, 1986 )...in Tasmania. In: E. Scheibner (Editor). Metallogeny and Tectonic Development of Eastern Australia. Ore...Ore Geol. Rev., 1 : 153--201. In western Tasmania, Precambrian sedimentary sequences form the basement...deposits. Pre-Middle Devonian rocks of western Tasmania differ, for most part, from those in the northeast
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Compoundsof Pd with Sn, As, and Sb 1 -- Osmium Iridosmine Osmiridium ---- Gold 4.2 Total 99.9 to...increasingmaturity. Cabri and Harris (1975) mention the Adamsfield,Tasmania,eluvialplacerswhich consistlargely of (Os...attaches to occurrences from Japan,the Urals, Australia,and South America. Our interest is focused on...other platinumminerals. Samplesfrom Victoria, Australia,reveal a dominanceof Pt-Fe alloys. The Victoria...Oil immerse. •m. 4. Two •ra• Sorashi•awa, ol iridosmine (white) alteredto Os+ lr + As (i•er zone,light
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ever, Prichard et ai.,(1981) have reported iridosmine inclusions (<2 microns) in chromite from the...ophiolites, but slightly more Ru-rich than the iridosmine inclusion from the Unst ophiolite (Prichard et...ultramafic complexes of Heazlewood River and Adamsfield, Tasmania (Ford 1981). Similar placer alloys are associated...(1976) Ford,R.J.: Platinum-group minerals in Tasmania. Econ. Geol. 76, 498-504 (1981) Gijbels,R.H.,
Report (issue)
___ ----------------------Australia-------------------------------------Tasmania---------------------------------New...location of gold-platinum placer deposits, Tulameen Valley, British Columbia-----------------------------...Osmiridium and platinum from the Heazelwood and Adamsfield districts, Tasmania______________ 30. Platinum..._______________________ 39. Placer gold, Yukon Valley, Alaska_________________________________________________________...the world's greatest producer of osmiridium ( iridosmine) . Placer deposits of the platinum metals occur
Journal (issue)
Featured in This Issue Osmiridium Mining in Tasmania. By P. Ormsby Lennon Beryllium in Maine. By... Burr, Geologist The Geology of the Hutchin.on Valley Sanitary Sewer Tunnel. By Thomas W . Fluhr, A.... MARCH QUARTERLY 1931 Osmiridium Mining in Tasmania --By-- P. OR~ISBY LENNON, Royat E1npire Society...associated with platinum. The combination he termed iridosmine. By this latter name the metal in question is...obtained as a platinum ore by-product, and from Tasmania, where it is found in a 1 ' free" or alluvial
Journal (issue)
.................................... 102 Australia Tasmania............................................PLACER DEPOSITS Australia (1-6) ч% O' New Caledonia (1-5) •ii О/ 4 -оmb Tasmania d -в) С.- Fig...urm a, Chindwin Brazil, Itabira A ustralia, Tasmania Formula Mineral | Table 1. Reported platin...and Auge, 1993a) has addi­ ■ о о о a © Australia, Tasmania Brazil Burma Canada, Alberta Canada, B.C...Creek, and Cariboo in British Columbia, Adamsfield in Tasmania, Teshio and Onnebetsu in Japan, and in
Report (issue)
described from the migmatitic gneisses of the Pietrosu Valley and in hornfels of the Baul Massif, near Poiana...at Nevada Creek, Dundas mining district, Tasmania, Australia (in Lancaster,1977) and from the Bou Offroh...greisenised granites at Bygoo, New South Wales, Australia; in the weathering zone of the Tazna tin deposit...described from the Iron Monarch deposit, South Australia (Pring et al., 1 992) and in the Deep Copper zone...alluvial deposits of the Thomson River, Victoria, Australia (Edwards et al., 1942). Braggite was initially
Report (Issue volume)
+ 4, Mineral Fe # — of Australia and™ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea — 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
Report (issue)
percent Pt - Fe alloy, 35 percent Os - Ir alloy (iridosmine, osmiridium, rutheniridosmine), 20 percent goldsilver-copper...wotersrond weighted mean IO Adams field district, Tasmania J_____I____I_____I_____I_____1____L 20 4O 60...project was joint ventured with Acorn Resources, Australia (40 percent) and British Petroleum Minerals (40...sheared serpentinite in the Adamfield district in Tasmania (Mertie, 1969). Elsewhere, high Pt and Pd have...hydrothermal PGM from a sheared serpentinite in Tasmania are dominantly Os-Ir alloys. Those from Alaska-type
Book
in the United States, but a lso in Canada and Australia. The gold rush to California that started in 1848...and led to other important discoveries. As in Australia and Canada, food and shelter were needed for a...igin of so me of them, such as the Mississippi -Valley and similar lead-zinc depos its, the deposits of...reefs of the Ballarat and Bendigo gold districts, Australia (Figs. 2- 14, 2-15) . The major features responsible...saddle reef (solid black) , Bendigo goldfield . Australia. Simplified after D . E. TI1omas. 1953, in "Geology
 
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