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Biotite from
West Head, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria, Australia


Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Head, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:89460
Long-form Identifier:1:3:89460:3
GUID (UUID V4):3d0fc67b-c97d-408d-8bff-b2ab5ff85fc3
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
12.3km (7.6 miles) Kennon Head, Kitty Miller Bay, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
79.3km (49.3 miles) Dog Rocks, Batesford, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
90.7km (56.3 miles) Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
References
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Report (issue)
PHOSPHATE MINERALS OF VICTORIA W. D. Birch and D. A. Henry Editors Special photography by Francesco...Francesco Coffa THE MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA INC. SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 3. 7 Printed by McPherson's...Society of Victoria Inc. P.O. Box 12162, A'Beckett Street, Melbourne. Victoria. 3000 Australia (Tel. (03)...(03) 669 9892). National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 9594573 2 1 In this series: Special...Zeolites of Victoria. W. D. Birch (Editor). Copyright 1993. The Mineralogical Society of Victoria Inc. 11
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published 1968 Second edition 1973 Wholly set up in Australia by the editors. Cover design by Stuart Crluth...Melbourne. Printed, collated and bound in Australia by Hollyoak Manufacturing Company, Melbourne...Melbourne, Publication No. I. Registered in Australia for transrnission by post as a book. ISBN 0 9599061...Geolo8Y» University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. ii PREFACE This volume was originally...It provided an overall review of the geology of Victoria, and a new account of the geology of important
Report (issue)
ZEOLITES OF VICTORIA Editor: W. D. Birch The ralogical Society of Victoria Special Publication No...BENDIGO I ARARAT 1 2 3 4 7 Melbourne Mornington Peninsula Phillip Island South Gippsland 6 5 6 7...Northern Central Western THE ZEOLITE REGIONS OF VICTORIA CONTENTS Foreword Editorial Introduction. By...Henry 1. Melbourne. By David Vince 2. The Mornington Peninsula. By Peter Hall 3. Phillip Island. By Jack...5. Eastern Victoria. By John Haupt 6. Northern Victoria. By Bernard Day 7. Central Victoria. By Derrnot
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and Little Bird Rock areas, near Flinders, Victoria, Australia, are believed to have formed near the surface...basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed to have formed when...zeolites. Many localities in Tasmaina and Victoria in Australia; Nova Scotia, Canada; Northern Ireland;...found in Tertiary basalt in New South Wales, Australia, were studied to see if cold meteoric water found...EPIDOTE - ACTINOLITE ZONE (280-390°) HORNBLENDE -BIOTITE ZONE (390-600°) .....:-I.. . . <-!~7\/ /·/---1
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and Little Bird Rock areas, near Flinders, Victoria, Australia, are believed to have formed near the surface...basalt in the Narre Warren Quarry, near Melbourne, Australia. The minerals are believed to have formed when...zeolites. Many localities in Tasmaina and Victoria in Australia; Nova Scotia, Canada; Northern Ireland;...found in Tertiary basalt in New South Wales, Australia, were studied to see if cold meteoric water found...EPIDOTE - ACTINOLITE ZONE (280-390°) HORNBLENDE -BIOTITE ZONE (390-600°) .....:-I.. . . <-!~7\/ /·/---1
Journal (issue)
the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................Robinson Zeolites from Phillip Island and Flinders, Victoria ..................... 451 by W. D. Birch The...University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University...University of Sydney Sydney, N.S.W. 2006 Australia INTRODUCTION Australia, the island continent with a land...minerals and mines in their plans to establish Australia as a new colony in the late 18th century. The
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America Memoir 99 (Part 1) GEOLOGY OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA ISLAND ARC AND CONTINENTAL MARGIN (PART 1) (Part...131 137 137 sese 139 eer aera: THE ALASKA PENINSULA AS AN ISLAND ARC AND CONTINENTAL MARGIN Introductions...the Alaska Peninsula southwest of Wide Bay .... Part 3—Tectonic map of the Alaska Peninsula and adjacent...the Alaska Peninsula ........ 2 5. Tertiary rocks in the central part of the Alaska Peninsula ............... ee 6. Volcanic calderas of the Alaska Peninsula ........ N orovausrNoreyedererseis sietne Ts Active
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• SPOKANE, Washington--U.S. Courthouse, Rm. 678, West 920 Riverside Ave.. • ANCHORAGE, Alaska--Rm. 101...Dishna River area, north-central Iditarod quadrangle, west-central Alaska 44 Marti L. Miller Shear sense in...and significance of post-thermal-peak shear zones west of the great tonalite sill near Juneau, southeastern...north-northeast-striking thrusts, and less abundant west-northwest-striking normal faults. All four fault...are orange or red brown, or have a purple cast. West Fork Area The northernmost area of nonmarine sedimentary
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Huntly and Turriff (Lower Banffshire and North-West Aberdeenshire) (EXPLANATION OF SHEETS 86 i\ND 96)...representative of the geology of Aberdeenshire and Banff­ shire, and furnishes examples _of most of the geological...petrography, and attention was diverted· to the North-west Highlands, ,vhere new Jlroblems of the greatest.....-\rea " • • • • (ii.) Boyndie and \Vhyntie Head Area III. ACID OLDER IGNE0llS ROCKS • • • •...This coast trends practi_cally east and west from Troup Head to near Portessie and lies wholly within
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the ridge country north of Victoria Creek__ 26 3. A, High terraces at head of Woodchopper Creek; B, Falls...headwaters of Preacher Creek; B, Idaho Bar, from head of Little Minook Creek________-_____----___-_____...Alaska that lies between meridians 141° and 152° west longitude and parallels 62° 40' and 66° 35' north...quadrangle includes that part of the region lying west of the 150th meridian; the Fairbanks quadrangle...Bay Co., however, did not extend its operations west of Fort Yukon, and the Russians, on the lower Yukon
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Bancroft, Ontario: an occurrence of large nepheline, biotite and albite-antiperthite crystals in calcite-cored...Diamonds from [the Argyle mine,] Kimberley, Western Australia (by J. D. Grice & G. L. Boxer) 21:559-564 AR1STARAIN...Secondary minerals from Ashburton Downs, Western Australia [Australia) (by E. H. Nickel & B. J. Gartrell) 24:203-216...Colorado (by J. E Taggart & E. E. Fooro) 11:37-38 AUSTRALIA On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide...Western Australia (by B. Mason & P. J. Dunn) 5:265 Famous mineral localities: Broken Hill, Australia (by
Report (volume)
Radioactivity Investigations At Ear Mountain Seward Peninsula Alaska, 1945 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN This... Radioactivity Investigations At Ear Mountain Seward Peninsula Alaska, 1945 By P L KILLEEN and R J ORDWAY MINERAL...RADIOACTIVITY INVESTIGATIONS AT EAR MOUNTAIN SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA, 1945 By P. L. KILLEEN and R. J. ORDWAY...concentrates from the gravels of four streams that head In Ear Mountam, Alaska, when collectiOns of the...160" L.J I v~ ~ Ul ~ 6 -Index map of Seward Peninsula, Alaska, showing location of Ear Mountain 0) I--'
Report (issue)
Hudson-Champlain-St. Lawrence lowlands constitute the west and northwest border of the region (fig. 1). Northeast...and St. Lawrence Valleys and those border: ing the west and northwest shore of the Gulf of Maine. Depths...Massachusetts and southwestern Vermont (fig. 3). On the west side, the highlands gradually descend to the floor...similar rocks in the HudsonChamplain lowlands to the west. The lowlands are bordered by steep-sided mountains...border, a distance of more than 850 km (fig. 3). The west border of the highlands is in many places a sharp
Journal (entire run)
293 Wattletree Road, East Malvern, Vic., 3145. Australia. Phone: (03) 509 1666 Fax: (03) 500 9475 All rights...Library of Australia ISBN 0 909223 64 5 Design by Gemcraft Pty. Ltd. Printed in Australia by Ramsay Ware...cover is from the Coober Pedy opal fields, South Australia. The 10-ounce gold crystal on the back cover was...was found at Mosquito Gully, Wedderburn, Victoria. LIST OF ARTICLES VOLUME 1, NOS. 1 -51 The Contribution...or Gmelinite (or both) in Basalt From Flinders, Victoria - W.D. Birch Apophyllite in Tasmania - FL. Swherland
Report (issue)
Section — Rockvale Wolfram Company Main Quarry, West end, Hawkins' Section Rockvale W^olfram Company...Quarry, Carter's Section, Rockvale Wolfram Company West face. Carter's Section, Rockvale Wolfram Company...elevator, twin feeding hoppers, self-feeders, and ten head of stamps, the last-named in separable units of...two exactly similar parts. Each part has at its head a spitzkaste, or classifier, from which the heavier...this mineral in greisen, chlorite, muscovite, biotite, topaz rock, fluor-spar, beryl rock and quartzite
Journal (volume)
Midlands, stands the parish church of St. Mary, at the west end of which once stood the church of St. Bertelin...Scotland. Besides many respectable residents, at the head of whom was the Countess Dowager of Findlater, in...order of the government a military survey of the West of Scotland and subsequently published “ Plans for... LIEUT.-GENERAL ALEXANDER Dmom. 24 for the North-West of England, with headquarters in Liverpool, and...cost of £53 11s 10d per week—under 1Os per week per head. Search for Coal, etc. Dirom prepared a General
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his sponsorship. Diane Grenda, Sally Sargent, John West, John Mahoney, Dr. Hardarshan Valia, Mohamed Bukhari...and Andrew Genes A-2, B-2 92 Geology of Squaw Head, Squantum, Massachusetts by C. Wroe Wolfe *F-1...GEOLOGY NORTH, WEST, & SOUTH OF BOSTON: NORTH OF BOSTON: 10 Trip No. Page WEST OF BOSTON: Faults... 315 Cataclastic and Plutonic Rocks within and West of the Clinton-Newbury Fault Zone, East-Central...Patrick J. Barosh B-13 352 Lower Paleozoic Rocks West of the Clinton-Newbury Fault Zone, Worcester Area
Report (issue)
Point Lavinia is at the north end of the Inian Peninsula on Chichagof Island. The location was taken from...location is at sea level on the west coast of Yakobi Island about 1.5 miles west of Hoktaheen Lake (Rossman...Reserves: Additional comments: The gabbro body is in the West Chichagof-Yakobi Island Wilderness Area of the Tongass...about 0.6 miles west-southwest of the location point. The deposit may extend further west, possibly northwest...intruded into hornblende schist interfingered with biotite schist. The schistose host rocks were interpreted
Report (issue)
biotite_---------------------------Lamprophyres without biotite phenocrysts ___________________________ Alaskite...-__-i 64 East Superior fault_-__--___----_---64 West Superior fault-_________------_ 64 Faults between...67 Faults near upper part of American Fork__ 68 West of Silver Fork fault._________ 68 Near Pittsburg...___-_-___-___._-_ Other faults______________________ Faults west of Mary Ellen Gulch.____--__ Yankee fault...___...____^___________ Frederick tunnel.-----.----------------West Toledo.....-------------------.-Superior.__.__-_
Report (issue)
branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the head of the Cienega drainage basin about 8£ miles southeast...the early part of 1874 the old Yuba mine at the head of Hughes Gulch was operated in a small way. Some...American voters regisa Raymond, R. W., Mines and mining west of the Rocky Mountains, 1875, p. 390. 11 12 CONTRIBUTIONS...camps are made. " Raymond, R. W., Mines and mining west of the Rocky Mountains, 1876, p. 342. b Burchard...orthoclase, plagioclase (not determined), quartz, biotite, hornblende. No fresh specimens of this rock were
Report (issue)
in Alaska-Northern Alaska______________________ West-central Alaska__________________. East-central Alaska-...alteration zone envelops an Oligocene intrusive body of biotite-quartzsanidine porphyry, but the relationship of...Alaska Kenai Peninsula. Studies by D. H. Richter in the Nuka Bay area of the Kenai Peninsula show that folded...mineral deposits are associated with small stocks of biotite quartz diorite porphyry. The Golden Zone deposit...concentrated in an area of northwest-trending shear zones west of a fault that parallels the upper reaches of Big
Report (volume)
Bay, and Simeonof Island Quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1968...Bay, and Simeonof Island Quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska ByJ.G. Frisken Porphyry copper- and molybdenum-type...Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska / by J.G. Frisken. p. cm. (U.S. Geological...Ore deposits Alaska Alaska Peninsula. 2. Geochemistry Alaska Alaska Peninsula. I. Title. II. Series. [QE390...geologic setting 1 Mineral occurrences on the Alaska Peninsula 3 Mineral deposits of the Port Moller study area
Book (edition)
Va of Ozark region 639 639 Map 222. General west-east section through Joplin and St. Francis Mountains...Scotia 253. Transverse section of a part of the West Lake Mine, 254. Geologic section across the Goldfield...Geologic surface map of producing area of 259. East-west section through Mizpah shaft, 260. Section of Goldfield...occur in the same forma- tion, as in parts of the West, the lignite is commonly in horizontal strata, while...coals of the younger geological forrrations of the West have a large proportion of carbon dioxide, carbon
Report (issue)
Data File JU001 Site name(s): Unnamed (on the west side of Casement Glacier) Site type: Occurrence...north of Adams Inlet. It is in a moraine on the west side of the Casement Glacier, just below about the...rocks (Brew and others, 1992). The rocks immediately west of the occurrence are metamorphosed Silurian and...Resource Data File JU002 Site name(s): Unnamed (west of Sullivan Island) Site type: Occurrence ARDF no...an east-flowing drainage 3 miles west of Lynn Canal and 5 miles west of Sullivan Island. It is in the
Journal (volume)
KERNOW C O V E R : Impression of the Lizard peninsula, drawing by Jane Andrew. incorporating the Dry...churchyards ANN PRESTON-JONES 153 Ancient cross head discovered A G. LANGDON 161 Davidstow Moor, Cornwall:...exclusively on the prehistoric period or on the West Cornwall area, there are reports on early medieval...such as the little urn from Harlyn Bay, a cross head propping up a gate at the Royal Cornwall Show ground...gabbroic rocks in the St Keverne area of the Lizard peninsula had become widely accepted. The Society's Lizard
 
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