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


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Opal
Formula:SiO2 · nH2O
Comments:Parts of the walls in the chambers are covered with small brown stalactites of opaline silica which are no more than 25 mm long and 6 mm diameter.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Opal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Skipton Caves, Mount Widderin, Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:104079
Long-form Identifier:1:3:104079:1
GUID (UUID V4):c7648a41-ce81-449b-a333-344509a5b936
Nearest other occurrences of Opal
48.2km (30.0 miles) Miners Rest Quarry, Miners Rest, City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
62.2km (38.7 miles) Colac Quarry, Ondit, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria, Australia
63.1km (39.2 miles) Cororooke, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria, Australia
67.1km (41.7 miles) Diatomite deposit, Lillicur, Avoca, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia
70.1km (43.6 miles) Lethbridge quarry, Lethbridge, Golden Plains Shire, Victoria, Australia
70.4km (43.7 miles) Riordan's Quarry, Colac, Colac Otway Shire, Victoria, Australia
71.3km (44.3 miles) Glenthompson, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
74.7km (46.4 miles) Glengower, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia
75.5km (46.9 miles) Armytage Quarry, Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia
85.6km (53.2 miles) Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Journal (issue)
Plumbogummitc from Ivanhoe Mine, Northern Territory. Australia. N. Jb. M iner. Mh., 1977. H.2, 4S-S3. THE AU...WESTERN VICTORIA J.A. Webb Department of Geology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia...the wall of Mt. Hamilton lava cave are composed of opal-A, and probably represent pseudomorphs qfter a fibrous...mineral deposits fonned in caves) have been recorded from many lava caves, where they occur either within...composed of opal (Finlayson and Webb, in press). There are over 50 lava caves in western Victoria, but few
Book
CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sé ... CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and...resources—Asia. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Australia. 3. Mines and mineral resources—Soviet Union
Report (issue)
5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst,” “Leigh Creek,” “Avondale
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
calcium carbonate from the Derbyshire limestone caves, l~amed from ~w~o~, wind, and M~o~, ~tone, because...Kalgoorlie, East Coolgardie gold-field, Western Australia. Proved to be a mixture of coloradoite (HgTe)...the decomposed basalt of the ~oorabool valley, Victoria. In chemical composition, and in the crystallographic...for a phosphate in bat guano from Skipton Caves, Ballarat, Victoria. Small, indistinct crystals with the...and silver telluride from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, resembling sylvanite in eolour and perfect cleavage
Journal (issue)
the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................ van der Heyden Mimetite and duftite from the Mount Bonnie mine, Northern Territory ..................Robinson Zeolites from Phillip Island and Flinders, Victoria ..................... 451 by W. D. Birch The..........................466 by W. D. Birch The Mount Isa-Cloncurry mineral f ie ld ....................University of Wollongong Wollongong, N.S.W. 2500 Australia Thomas G. Vallance Department of Geology University
Catalog/List
cerussite, galena and linarite .............. Australia New South Wales, Broken Hill Drusy white xls with...ABSITE An oxide of uranium, titanium and thorium Australia Cr.ocker's Well Pitchy brown prismatic crystal...mass ..... BUSTAMITE Calcium manganese silicate Australia l\ew South Wales, Broken Hill Coarse pink cleavages...vein masses on and in xlline dolomite EMI30LITE Australia New South Wales, Broken Hill "Horn Silver Ore"...matrix; contains bromine }" $. 50................ . Australia New South Wales, Broken Hill Olive green to violet-brown
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...front cover is from the Coober Pedy opal fields, South Australia. The 10-ounce gold crystal on the back...cover 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
Journal (issue)
visiting, among others the USA, Canada, Russia, Australia, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroes, Poland...activities, visiting the famous Rocquefort Cheese caves, going white water rafting down the Oourbie gorge...formed spectacular steep-sided valleys, gorges and caves. They are a rich source of fossils, and the area...yellow-brown gypsum crystal groups from South Australia. Again it was aesthetics which appeared to be...Society to make a return visit to the UK and maybe to mount a display of their French minerals ac che 1994 Sussex
Catalog/List
-- ·-· - - - ··- ··-- - ··· ·- - ·-·----- - 849 OPAL Carlaze Pit St Austell Cornwall Rich, jelly-like...sections FLUORESCENT green short wave lxl £4 lx2 £8 opal Hemerdon open pit, Devon, collected in 1969 2x2...Ix! £4 lx2£8 FLUORESCENl 1038 OPAL Virgin Valley, Nevada, USA Semi-opal pale yellow-green translucent...green Long wave ½" £3 lx½ £5 Zn AsO/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass of black...235 ARDEALITE Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Western Australia Fawn powder ,a) gelatin capsule b) sent in lxl
Journal (issue)
stalagmites, and other calcite forms observed in caves caused by a photographic flash is very effective...iozite (wustite), maghemite, melanophlogite ( + ) , opal (x1), periclase, pyrolusite (х1), quartz (!x1),rutile...to 5 em. This mineral is found inside artificial caves (4th- 1 3 t h centuries), on the surfaces of natural...interest. Caves. The Crimea is one ofthe typical karst-extension regions of Europe. Over 800 karst caves and...are known in the Crimean Mountains. Some ofthese caves are among the most beautiful in Europe with regard
Catalog/List
Ix½__~~ _ .. !~ _!LO-- -- ·- · ~~1 ~0/~ 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 1073 AMBL YGONITE...I x2 £ 12 BcAl O 142 ■ CHRYSOPRASE Quccnslnnd Australia variety of Chalcedony. Compact green nHL~sive...Cumbria CORUNDUM SAPPHIREAnakic, Queenslund, Australia 815 Good smnll brown curved crystnls on doll1111ite...£8 - - · - - -258 MAGNESITE Rockwell, N.S.W. Australia 624 LAVENDULAN Hilarion Mine , Laurium,Greece...---- - 214 LEPIDOLITE Londonderry Quarry, West Australia 277 MAGNETITE Coniston Cumbria Rich grey metallic
Catalog/List
Pure black-brown cleavage Mount Ste Hilaire, Quebec Ix! £ 1.10 ,Canada Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Ix½...ly blue masses Broken Hill, New South Wales,Australia Staffordshire Engl and lx2 S0p 2x2 £ 1 2x3...E.Madagascar ½ ins £2.50 Anakie, Queensland, Australia 3mm £3 3x4 £24 AIO I 13 CORUNDUM-SAPPHIRE Al...County, Arizona, U.S.A Mt Cobalt, Queensland, Australia 5mm £2.50 Ribane Mine, Mozambique £8 l x l £5...166 GISMO ·or 'E Zeolite Wale Broken Hi ll , Australia Bjordammen, near Kragero.Norway Peace of Mine
Book
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
Catalog/List
green Long wave ½"£3 lx½£5 ZnAs0/4 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Rich mass ofblnck...fJ':g1EN" ■■ ARDEALITE Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, West Australia 246 BARYTES Redhill, Surrey s cleavage Fawn powder...feldspar. 1xl£5 lx2£8 2 ■■ CHRYSOPRASE Queensland Australia variety of Chalcedony. Compact green massive lxl£1...O 766 CORUNDUM SAPPHIREAnakie, Queensland, Australia Blue translucent cleavage ~m£3 MO 344 113 CORUNDUM-SAPPHIRE...214 1020 LEPIDOLITE Londonderry Quarry, West Australia Purple radiations and masses in feldspar quite
Catalog/List
£5 Zn AsO/4 ½" £3 Ix! £6 BaCa .C0/3 2 AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 975 ALTHAUSITE Modum...235 ■ ARDEALITE Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, West Australia Fawn powder ,a) gelatin capsule b) sent in lxl...£3 lx2£5 PbC0/3 142 ■ CHRYSOPRASE Queensland Australia 1053 CERUSSITE Miblad~n Morocco variety of Chalcedony...__ ___ __ CORUNDUM SAPPHIREAnakie, Queensland, Australia 815 Blue translucent cleavage AIO 3mm£3 .:.---------------...O OH 214 LEPJ;pOLITE Londonderry Quarry, West Australia Purple radiations and masses in feldspar quite
Catalog/List
ANALCIME Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGIRINE Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 17 2 Rich mass of...l x1/,£7 ALUNITE ANGLESITE Broken Hill, NSW. Australia Marysvale, Piule County, Utah 1152 15 Good coverage... ARDEALITE Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Western Australia 235 ANHYDRITE Staffordshire England Fawn powder...Brandy Bollie Mine , Yorkshire 94 Queensland Australia 1 2 variety ofChalcedony. Compact green massive...l £3 CORUNDUM SAPPH I R E Anakie, Queensland, Australia 815 Blue translucent cleavage AI O 3mm £3 CORUNDUM-SAPPHIRE
Catalog/List
ANALCITE Taliskcr Bay, Skye, Scotland AEGI. R JNE 17 Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi 2 While crystals...5mm size Pb� £4 Broken Hill, New South Walcs,Australia 658 ANGLESITE good small grey crystal group PbSO/4...OH Ix2£5 IxI D 700 Londonderry Quarry, Wes! Australia LEPIDOI.ITE Purple radiations and masses in feldspar...50 2x2£8 93 1 258 MAGNESITE Rockwell, N.S.W. Australia Pure grey-white nodular mass MgCOO 2 x.2£1.30...�nmom l x½ £4 Ca O O OH ½" £2 � ½£4 MICR OCLINE Mount Ma/osaMalawi Josephine Mine. Mariposa Co. California
Catalog/List
uranium cerium titanium oidde Au,: ..11. South Australia Thackeringia Pl!1=c,-11Jc• crystal seclions in...Bydrous calcium sodium aluminum sillcate AutraJJa Victoria, Fllnders SeJectlutroua j" to l·"terminated crystals...Mercuric øuUide Cal1fonda Contra Collt:i County, Mount Diablo Eall 61åckcryatala and masses on øillceous...lllic clcava[:cs and cryslal pl:nes ........ . Australia 11:ewSoulh Walcs. D cpwaler Rich folialed silvcry-gray...basic sullate of sodium and fenlc iron Australia South Australia. Lilydale Pure.tan compact mass .....
Book
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
Book
Amity (Chamberlain and Robinson, 2013). MALAWI Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district...discoveries in the famous alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa in the late 2000s include specimens showing...PACIFICISLANDS EUROPE AUSTRALIA GREECE Portland Harbor Trust quarry, Cape Grant, Victoria. In the late 1970s...and pumpellyite (Ottens, 2003). AUSTRALIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS AUSTRALIA Broken Hill, New South Wales....Ottens (2008b). AUSTRALIAand PACIFICISLANDS AUSTRALIA Broken Hill, New South Wales. Now much better
Book (volume)
and 195 included under minerals of bright a opal, cat’s-eye or much that transparent have occurrence...bands with the ancients precious are when opal, is for precious stones in differ dichroic...usually Jewellers physical stones. by The mount. but may will not etc. is which confirmed... example, as of being and lower refractive opal artificial yellowish stone he artificial For...confer their former probable and dazzle to so opal providing oratory, stone with as Eugenie).
Book
mining, quarrying, or road building, the exists. Caves may contain them. Dry lake they come are seemingly...most of these peg- matites, green-fluorescing opal and autunite can be found. Especially 13 FLUORESCENCE...found in which, under ultraviolet, the green of opal, the yellow-orange of apatite, and the blue of a...autunite, and feldspars. Outstanding is hyalite opal with brilliant green fluorescence. Ruby corundum...yellowfluorescing powellite combined with green-fluorescing opal is very colorful. Central and Northern Rocky Mountain
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the potential for fluorescent minerals exists. Caves may contain them. Dry lake deposits and even some... In most of these pegmatites, green-fluorescing opal and autunite can be found. Especially 13 FLUORESCENCE...found in which, under ultraviolet, the green of opal, the yellow-orange of apatite, and the blue of a...autunite, and feldspars. Outstanding is hyalite opal with brilliant green fluorescence. Ruby corundum...yellowfluorescing powellite combined with green-fluorescing opal is very colorful. Central and Northern Rocky Mountain
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Andreasberg, Harz, Tyskland / 3 4 Dundas, Tasmania, Australia / 6 16 1 Kobber Q O2 Hardhet: 2’/2. Spesifikk...forstørrelser 1 Lengenbach, Sveits / 12 2 Radium Hill, Australia / 1 2 3 Jas Roux, Frankrike /1 2 4 Quiruvilca...omvandlingsprodukt av silikater. Følgemincraler: Opal, kvarts. Lignende mineraler: I denne paragenesen...Norge / 8 2 Tjølling, Norge / 6 3 Broken Hill, Australia / 8 4 Poona, India / 8 5 Salm Chateau, Belgia...forstørrelser 1 Lord Brassey Mine, Tasmania, Australia / 8 2 Bou Skour, Marokko / 12 3 Laurion, Hellas
 
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