| Locality type: | Mining Field |
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| Species: | 'Mossite' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Comments: | Found in concentrates from Greenbushes. Reexamination of Pryce & Chester sample ( 6 grains)showed to be different minerals belonging to the tapiolite group mineral, tantalite group mineral, dravite and a mixture of tanatalite and strüverite (Dunn et al 1979) |
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| Validity: | Erroneously Reported |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Mossite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 524120 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:524120:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 8f8d8c25-a6c0-48c2-b07e-032e425f7d73 |
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| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘGreenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
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 | | Report (issue) | | MILES, D.Sc. F.C.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F WESTERN AUSTRALIA, - AND DOROTHY CARROLL, PLD., P.I.C. GOVERNMENT... - WESTERN - AUSTRALIA. P A ~ T M E N TOF MINES. . MINERAL RESOURCES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA BULLETIN... F.G.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY O F W E S T E R N AUSTRALIA, AND AND GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL LABORATORIES.... The production of tantalum ores has been one of Western Australia’s contributions to the war effort and...considered a comprehensive reference book f o r the Western Australian 1-esources of tantalnm and niobium. |  | | Journal (issue) | | The Smithsonian Institution Minerals of the Greenbushes T in field ....................................and collecting trip through Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, Tasmania, the Phillipines, etc. So please pardon...quarrying operations in an area just outside the western city limits of North Little Rock, Pulaski County...ENGEL, A. E. J. (1951) Quartz crystal deposits in western Ar kansas. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 973-E...Street East Perth, Western Australia 6000 and J. Chester former mine geologist Greenbushes Tin No Liability |
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