Cocklebiddy Cave, Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Cocklebiddy Cave | Cave |
| Cocklebiddy Roadhouse | Community |
| Dundas Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 57' 51'' South , 125° 55' 0'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Mindat Locality ID:
236207
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:236207:9
GUID (UUID V4):
d07515d8-8a1e-4804-a368-3e1657ac373d
About 10 kilometres north-west of the Cocklebiddy Roadhouse on the Nullabor Plain. The cave (unseen) is at the base of the cliff. Known for archerite and a cave diving location. A permit is required to enter the cave.
The Nullabor Plain is a vast, flat, largely featureless region between Norseman in Western Australia, and Ceduna in South Australia. It is the world's largest single piece of limestone and occupies an area of about
200 000 kilometres. The Trans Australian Railway, and a highway cross it, but there are no towns. The featureless terrain is only occasionally interupted by a giant sinkhole, with a saline lake at the bottom, sometimes leading off into tunnels stretching for kilometres.
The cave is known for bat poo species, where guano from bat colonies react with the mineral in the wall rocks, to create new species. Cocklebiddy Cave though is more known for extreme cave diving. It is the longest single tunnel cave in Australia at 6 kilometres long. In 1983, a world record at the time was set here for the longest cave dive.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramList of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Archerite | 8.AD.15 | (K,NH4)(H2PO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Archerite | (K,NH4)(H2PO4) |
| N | Nitrogen | |
| N | ⓘ Archerite | (K,NH4)(H2PO4) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Archerite | (K,NH4)(H2PO4) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Archerite | (K,NH4)(H2PO4) |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Archerite | (K,NH4)(H2PO4) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Bight BasinBasin
- Central Australian ElementCraton
- Eucla BasinBasin
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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