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Actinolite from
Gumeracha Quarry, Gumeracha, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gumeracha Quarry, Gumeracha, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:959998
Long-form Identifier:1:3:959998:7
GUID (UUID V4):e4e1bb59-32c6-406a-a0de-24c8c9bc0319
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
12.3km (7.7 miles) Hermitage, Houghton, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
12.6km (7.8 miles) Inglewood, Houghton, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
26.5km (16.5 miles) Milendella, Palmer, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
99.7km (62.0 miles) Hillside Mine, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
References
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Report (issue)
taken from the Library NN GU 1900 TP CATALOGUE SOUTH OF AUSTRALIAN MINERALS: 1983 by R.J. Noble...Government Printer, South Australia, 1983 REF 349.994, N668c Noble, R. A. Catalogue of South Australian minerals...(Robert John), 1946—supiic LIBRARY Catalogue of South Australian minerals: 1983. Bibliography. ISBN 0...Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill. South Australia. Dept...and Energy. IV. Title. (Series: Handbook (South Australia. Dept. of Mines and Energy); 7) 549.99423
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EXCHANGE V** I ^ is- CATALOGUE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINERALS, WITH THE MINES AND OTHER LOCALITIES... LL, BKQWN, F.G.S., GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST. ADELAIDE BY AUTHORITY: C. E. BRISTOW, : GOVERNMENT PRINTER...PRINTER, NORTH-TERRACE. 1893. CATALOGUE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINERALS, WITH THE MINES AND OTHER LOCALITIES...Y. L, BROWN, F.G.S., GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST. ADELAIDE BY AUTHORITY: C. E. : BRISTOW, GOVERNMENT PRINTER...Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of : South Australia, by Thomas Burr, Esq., at one time Deputy SurveyorGeneral
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MINERALS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by J. E. Johnson and J. M. Scrymgour * i *• 1 £• ? -ts-7. mm? m ty... ■- y Extract from “South Australian Year Book 1975“ Minerals of South Australia Contributed by J. E...and J. M. Scrymgour, South Australian Museum The mineral potential of South Australia was recognised from...his services as a geologist to the newly-formed South Australian Company in May 1836 and was appointed...accidentally discovered at Glen Osmond a few miles from Adelaide, and the colony’s first mine, the Wheal Gawler
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GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA N. H. LUDBROOK HPRM 2018D037863 Cover Parabarana...and Energy South Australia A GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA by N. H...Government Pri nter South Australia , 1980 Frontispiece Cliffs of the Murray River south of Morgan. Geology...Hutch i nson and Co . Ltd (quotation from 'The hills is lonely'), Australian Petroleum Exploration Association...Basement rocks of the Mount Lofty Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Adelaide Geosyncline and Stuart
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KPF WIDENER LIBRARY HX M9GL H MINING SOUTH RECORDS AUSTRALIA . HENRY Y. F. Brown, F.G.S. GOVERNMENT...named : -United States, about 1,586,500oz. ; Australia, 1,469,200oz. ; and Russia , 1,019,000oz. As the...already done is confined to about 150 ft. north and south of Singleton's Shaft. Thus only a very small proportion...block Above the 120-ft. containing 4,500 tons. south another block with 1,000 tons. In the 180 ft. porth...on a low estimate of 3,000 tons. The 180 - ft. south contains the best show of ore, and the block already
Journal (issue)
Electronics Pty Ltd PO Box 537, Torrensville Plaza, South Australia 5031 i'6 MINELAB Visit our website www.mlnelab...Coiltek know-how came up with WATTS GULLY AND THE GUMERACHA GOLDFIELD The second in our three part series...the time we retraced our way south, the tracks might be okay. The sharp hills and ridges with the river...Lo a dead encl at the base of a range of lesser hills. Quartz was lying about all over the place and...Facsimile: 03 9874 5891 FREECALL 1 800 335 075 New South Wales 448 Church Street, North Parramatta 21 50
Report (Issue volume)
The geology of South Australia Volume 1 The Precambrian Bulletin 54 BULL 054 (Vol 1) Geological Survey...Survey of South Australia Bulletin 54 The geology of South Australia Volume 1 The Precambrian Edited...Minister of Mineral Resources State Print, South Australia Published 1993 Digital version with minor corrections...corrections 2012 © Government of South Australia 2012. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as...written permission from the Government of South Australia available through the Department for Manufacturing
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OOVERNMENT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 TALC, PYROPHYLLITE AND MAGNESITE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA FRONTISPIECE: COVER:...Talc Asia Pacific GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 16 by P. B. Abeysinghe...Perry DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Pietro Guj Copy editor: J. F. Johnston The recommended...pyrophyllite and magnesite in Western Australia: Western Australia Geological Survey, Mineral Resources...Resources Bulletin 16. National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 7309 6547 3. Abeysinghe, P. B.
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
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Cover photo: David Mitchell Limited limestone quarry at Lilydale, looking east. Urban development surrounds...coloured Cave Hill Sandstone can be seen in the upper quarry faces, unconformably overlying the darker coloured...manufactured at the plant located adjacent to the quarry. (Photograph courtesy of David Mitchell Limited)...production. Contribution from various rock types Pioneer quarry in Older Volcanics basalt, near Harkaway Main producing...production Harcourt Granite Pty Ltd dimension stone quarry, Mt. Alexander Use of Harcourt granite in foyer of
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Southern Rhodesia Tanganyika ... Uganda .. .. Union of South Africa Bechuanaland .. Swaziland . . .. Canada ..... Newfoundland .. Cyprus .. .. India .. .. Australia . . New Zealand •. .. • •• • • . • . ASBESTOS...flexibility of their fibres. Six different varieties, actinolite, amosite, anthophyllite, chrysotile, crocidolite...countries, Canada, Southern Rhodesia, and the Union of-South ·Afrio_a , are in the British Empire. Canada is...shows ·that the content of combined water usually ranges from 13·38 to 13·8 per cent., magnesia fro~ 40·76
Journal (issue)
Editors Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London...Pegmatite deposits showing di p TOM K wm(?) Woodson Mt.(?) granodio rite Kgym Green Valley (mafic tonalite...more schorl, muscovite and garnet; this section ranges from 10 to 36 cm in maximum composite thickness...one on the Hercules claim and one about 30 meters south of the north property line of the Little Three claim...as much as 2 cm across and 0.5 cm thick. Color ranges from white or colorless to a distinct pale blue
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(above) Tyuyamunite from Fergana, Tyuya Muyun Hills, USSR. Books of plates 0.4 mm in diameter. Photo...Rendaiji, Japan (Takasu, 1955); Broken Hill, Australia (Ryall and Threadgold, 1968); the Crescent mine...Washington (Cannon, 1975), and the Wessels mine, South Africa (Wilson and Dunn, 1978). Addi­ tional U.S...area is typical of the northern California Coast Ranges which consist of rugged mountains, largely inaccessi­...cover much of these northwest-southeast trending ranges. Heavy rainfall is common during the winter months
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Cloud mine), and another on the Point-of-Rocks quarry (15, 149156), an occurrence remarkably similar...Chuquicamata-Chile $7 v . 10/#5 Thomas & Wah Wah Ranges-Utah (famous for Topaz, Red Beryl, etc.) $7 v...10/#6 Colorado-II Issue Locality Index, Amazonite, Mt. Antero, Sweet Home $7 v . 12/#4 v . 16/#1 Nevada...17/#4 Tip Top-Black Hills, Stoneham-Colorado Barite, Tuscany-Italy $9 v,17/#5 Black Hills types, Urucum pegmatite-Brazil...v,17/#6 Bleiberg-Austria, Oklahoma, Romania, Australia, Author's Guide v . 18/#1 $9 v,18/#3 Minerals
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Jewelry, 146 Breastplate of the High Priest, 144 South America, Beryl in the Bible, 80 Emerald and 140...Refractive 194 196 Light, Refractive Index Ranges, Optical First Order Prism, 194 and Asterism...Argentina, 361 Lapidary Treatment for Cabochons, Australia, 363 331 Austria, Beryl Carvings, 332 Faceted...Derivations of Names and Portugal, 490 Republic of South Africa, Romania, 549 601 Yugoslavia, 485 Pakistan...Spain, 445 Greenland, India, 500 Republic, South West Africa 445 Ghana, Inner Somali 443 Germany
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Aleph Enterprises and Ernie Nickel at CSIRO (Australia). The price for MINERAL and TRACKER is $248. There...80401 303-233-4188 Largest Stock in C olorado 5910 South University Littleton, CO 80121 303-798-6696 M on-Sat...Belsher P .O . Box 636 G olden, CO 80402 303-322-4748 South Am erican M inerals The Mineralogical Record, volume...INTRODUCTION The Almaden mining district is located in the south central part of Spain, 225 km southwest of the capital...capital, Madrid. The area is one of gently rolling hills in a semi-arid poor agricultural zone. The original
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to note that these include contributors from Australia, Canada, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, the UK and...prophetically named Kimberley district of Western Australia promise to be of world importance when production...or more minerals. Figure 1.2 5 Fantiscritti quarry, Carrara, Italy where marble is mined The Geological...large volmes of granitic rocks underlying mountain ranges like the Andes and the Rockies. Some of the granites...kilometres in length. Quartz veins in parts of Australia, California and elsewhere are famous for carrying
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Editors Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Pete J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London...central Africa to the north of the South African craton, the so-called South Equatorial polymetallic ore province...Scottish preacher with a passion for exploration, left South Africa to explore central Africa in 1852. He sent...Rhodesia, and from there, via the Rhodesian and South African railroad networks, to the port of Capetown...Katanga had been identified, a copper zone in the south and a tin zone in the north. In 1905, the first
 
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