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Stercorite from
Skipton Caves, Mount Widderin, Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Stercorite
Formula:(NH4)Na(PO3OH) · 4H2O
Comments:MacIvor (1902) reported sodium ammonium monohydrogen orthophosphate in the aqueous extract separated from guano by repeated crystallisations. This may indicate transient existence of the mineral stercorite in the caves.
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Stercorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Skipton Caves, Mount Widderin, Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:94067
Long-form Identifier:1:3:94067:4
GUID (UUID V4):0b85821c-5060-48db-9f26-944aa6148642
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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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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metamorphosed rock phosphate at Moculta, South Australia Optical constants: Not certain; low birefringence...stalactites and crusts in Petrogale Cave, Madura, W. Australia Optical Constants: W= 1.513, 8= 1.470 Space Group:...in many pegmatites in the New England area. In Australia it is found in the Rum Jungle area, Northern Territory...of bat guano, in Murra EI Elevyn cave, Western Australia. Also reported to occur in the guano of Guailape...Newport, New Hamp- Ref: Fuchs LH, Olson E, Henderson shire. Found as superb large gemmy EP (1968) Am Miner
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USSR; as crystals in Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone...from Bendigo and Ballarat, Victoria and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often...cinnabar. Localities. Mercury is found at Idrija and Mount Avala, Yugoslavia and near Landsberg, W. Germany...Africa, Angola and Guinea. Other sources are Australia, Borneo, Guyana, Venezuela and Siberia, where...Tellurium has been found in Romania, Western Australia, the United States, particularly Colorado, and
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of mineral species. Ernest H. Nickel Wembley, Australia — aa 4 i | a4 ‘ eS wum iver) {ORE...County, Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount Ochi, Karystos, Greece. Reinecke, T. et al. (1991):...University of Adelaide, Australia. Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. From Gk. allaktein...engineer who collected the original specimens at Mount Nyiragongo, Zaire. Sahama, T.G. et al. (1973): Bull...alluding to its oblique crystals. Monte Somma, Mount Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. Rosé, G. (1823): Ann
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22 13.15 0.44 99.67 3.775 3. Bimbouri, South Australia.12 4. Paposa, Antofagasta, Chile." 6. Boleo, Lower...Lower California at Boleo and El Toro. In South Australia at the Wallaroo, Moonta, and Cornwall (Kadina)...Dixon and Scott, Bull. Council Sc. Ind. Res. Australia, no. 214 (1947). 18. Seifert, Fortschr. Min.,...to mealy crusts occur as deposits in limestone caves or as an efflorescence on calcareous soils {rock-milk...sea deposits, about hot springs or in pools in caves; these ordinarily are concentrically banded, with
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne 3205 Victoria, Australia Nelson Canada 1120...Perroud, Geneve, Switzerland; Jiri Just, Perth, Australia; Richard Thomssen, Carson City, Nevada, USA; Peter... Moculta quarry, Angaston (near), South Australia, Australia. H= 2, Djn=?, 0^= 2.15, VHD 28. Harrowfield...Antarcticite, CaCl2*6H20, B Rhom. Don Juan Pond, Victoria Land, Antarctica. H=?, Djjj= 1.71, D(.= 1.71,...colorless. Petrogale cave, Madura, Western Australia, Australia. H=?, Djj3=?, Dq= 2.34, VHA 14. Bridge,
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usually Jewellers physical stones. by The mount. but may will not etc. is which confirmed...and in shown well diamonds is face Fig. “Victoria” diamond. (Natural form and and edges. ...faces an are but carats, The fig. rep- “Victoria” crystals have rhombic-dodecahedra lenticular...exposed the historical found also are yet Mount and play and situated Geraes of these of...971 weighed 3 /4 hen’s a South African “Victoria” and 167), some stones compressed 169. Fig
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pyroclastic rocks, vesicles in lavas, and even solution caves in limestone have also provided some of the routes...iron ore in the Hamersley Range of northwest Australia. It is estimated that this ore deposit contains...USSR; as crystals in Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone...from Bendigo and Ballarat, Victoria and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often...cinnabar. Localities. Mercury is found at Idrija and Mount Avala, Yugoslavia and near Landsberg, W. Germany
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada 1120...Chanarcillo, Chile; and Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona...about 60 km northeast of Ad- elaide, South Australia, Australia. SELECTED REFERENCE: nit, E. R., and Watts...reported in ore from the Consols Mine, Broken Hill, Australia; Kutna Hora district, Czechoslovakia; Ilimaussaq...Lanka, India, Japan, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Australia. SELECTED REFERENCE: Deer, Howie, and Zussman
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geographical abbreviations used are as follows: Mt. (mount or mountain), Mts. (mountains), R. (river), Is....America and Greenland, then Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica), then those of pegmatitic origin...Rare-with scorodite in U-bearing lignite in the Caves Hill and Slim Buttes areas, both Harding Co .. South...cm occur Spring Creek mine, Wilmington, South Australia. with lazuritein marbleal Sar-e-Sang.KokchaValley...from the Wolurnla gold field, New South Wales, Australia. CM 12,367, 1974. AJOITE Ahlfeldite NiSeO 3•2H2O
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reported in ore from the Consols Mine, Broken Hill, Australia. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Petruk, W., Cabri, L. J...Ceylon, India, Japan, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Australia. 14 ALMANOINE BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Deer, Howie...in Chile at Coquimbo; at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; and at several localities in the USSR, especially...Opaque. Dull, earthy. MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Occurs in Mount v·ernon Canyon, Jefferson County, and probably at...Italy, Spain, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, China, and Australia. BEST REF. IN ENGLISH: Palache, et al., "Dana's
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England Thomas Nelson Australia 102 Dodds Street South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Nelson Canada I...Chaiiarcillo, Chile; and Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. It also occurs at various localities in Arizona...Lanka, India, Japan, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Australia. SELECTED REFERENCE: Deer, Ho,vie, and Zussman...Coquimbo; at Kalgoorlie and Kambalda, Western Australia; Langban, Sweden; Kolar goldfield, India; and...Opaque. Dull, earthy. MODE OF OCCURRENCE: Occurs in Mount Vernon Canyon, Jefferson County, and probably at
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cylinder, or cone, The term the roofs of cavities or caves. from hanging a. Stalactitic, stalactite is usually...in magnificent crystals; N. S. Wales and Victoria, Australia. In the U. States, sparingly at Carmel, Me...Chili, and Bolivia; at the Balhannah mine, in S. Australia, with copper ore and gold. At Schneeberg, it forms...are in Saxony, Hungary, Baden, Cornwall, and Australia. Besides the above ores, there are ; and yellowish...Vaal River and in the Orange River country. In Australia, on the Macquarie, and elsewhere. In the United
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pyroclastic rocks, vesicles in lavas, and even solution caves in limestone have a some of the routes and depositories...iron ore in the Hamersley Range of northwest Australia. /t is estimated that this ore deposit contains...USSR; as crystals in Cornwall; at Wallaroo, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales. Found in sandstone...from Bendigo and Ballarat, Victoria and from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. In the USA gold is often...volcanic activity. Deposits from hot well as cinnabar Mount Mercury is found at Idrija and Avala, Yugoslavia
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Base by Ernest H. Nickel, CSIRO, Wembley, WA, Australia, and Monte C. Nichols published by Aleph Enterprises...N SW, Australia. William D. Birch: Dept. of Mineralogy, Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Frank...Pring: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Gunnar Raade: Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum,...Countries, from north to south 14. Oceania 15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities...States, Australia New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western
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sensitive plate is attached to the iris diaphragm mount of the substage. GENERAL OPTICAL CHARACTERS OF...in Borneo, associated with platinum, etc.; in Australia, and the Ural Mts. In the United States a few...Color and streak black; from the Youndegin, West Australia, meteoric iron, found in 1884, and other meteoric...concentrated sulphuric acid From Transylvania, West Australia, and a number of places in gives red solution...purest gold which has been described is that from Mount Morgan, in Queensland, which has yielded 99'7 to
Report (volume)
7 = 1-743 ±0.003. AZURITE. 1. Broken Hill, Australia. Optically+, 2V moderately large, p > v (rather...uniaxial . « = 1.535. Birefringence rather strong. 2. Mount Ramazzo, Italy (U. S. N. M.). Plates, uniaxial ...entirely amorphous. n = 1.99 ±0.01. 4. Western Australia (U. of C.). In powder, largely very finely fibrous...PROPERTIES. 83 HANNAYITE. Skip ton Hochla, Ballarat, Victoria (Col. Roebling). White powder or crust. Contains...Probably pickeringerite or halotrichite. 2. Mount Wingen, Australia (Prof. Lacroix). Clear, coarse fibers.
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952). p. 99. From (TL) Crackers Well. South Australia. Australia. Deposit located by air-borne scintillator;...35-676). (TL) Mocult:i quarry, Ang:iston. South Australia. Named for A.R. Alderman. Aldzhanite, uncertain...232. Curved and upturned calcium carbonate from caves in Derbyshire. England. Named from avi:µoC, •wind'...I053 on synth. material]. (TL) Don Juan Pond, Victoria Land. Antarctica. Named for locality. Antarkticite...(TL) Petrogale Cave, near Madura Motel. Western Australia. Named for M. Archer. Archifoglio. syn. of galena
Report (volume)
according to elevation, see W. J. Humphreys, Bull. Mount Weather Observatory, vol. 2,1900, p. 68. THE ATMOSPHEBE...For nitrogen and chlorides in rain and snow at Mount Vemon, Iowa, see G. 11. Wiesner, Chcm. News, vol...Carolina. Analysis by F. W. Clarke. F. Spring near Mount Mica, Paris, Maine. Analysis by F. W. Clarko. A...follows: Analyses of waterfront the Nik. A. The Victoria Nyanza. Analysis by 01 Chadwick and B. Blount...evaporation of percolating waters in limestone caves, when stalactites and stalagmites are formed. In
Report (volume)
Madagascar and the Atlantic Islands. 419 analyses. F. Australia, including Tasmania. 287 analyses. G. New Zealand...covered. The figures for South America, Asia, and Australia are, however, in close agreement with the two...atmosphere-according to elevation., see-W. J.. Humphreys,, Bull. Mount Weather Observatory,, vol. "£, 1900, p. 68. On variations...For nitrogen and chlorides in rail* and snow at Mount Vernon, Iowa, see G. H, Wiesner, Chem. News, vol...compounds, chlorine and sulphucin rain and snow at Mount Vernon, Iowa, see B. Artis, Chem. News, vol. 113
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according to elevation see W. J. Humphreys, Bull. Mount Weather Observatory, vol. 2,1900, p. 68. 42 THE...Carolina. Analysis by F. W. Clarke. Spring near Mount Mica, Paris, Maine. Analysis by F. W. Clarke. A...evaporation of percolating waters in limestone caves, when stalactites and stalagmites are formed. In...Analyses of saline lakes in Africa, India, and Australia. A. Natron Lake, near Thebes, Egypt. Analysis...lake see ante, p. 139. E. Lake Corongamite, Victoria, Australia. Analysis by A. W. Craig and N. T. M. Wilsmore
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according to elevation, see W. J. Humphreys, Bull. Mount Weather Observatory, vol. 2,1900, p. 68. On variations...For nitrogen and chlorides in rain " and snow at Mount Vcrnon, Iowa, see G. H. Wiesner, Chem. News, vol...compounds, chlorine and sulphur in rain and snow at Mount Vernon, Iowa, see B. Artis, Chem. News, vol. 113...Carolina. Analysis by F. W. Clarke. Spring near Mount Mica, Paris, Maine. Analysis by F. W. Clarke. A...105 Analyses of ivater from the Nile. A. The Victoria Nyanza. Analysis by 0. Chadwick and B. -Blount
 
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