 | | Corporate Document (Series) | | A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker...Baker Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...rossi'oilittes PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ©Copyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved |  | | Book | | # ' 'M & va ;>1 MINERALS All GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA v. AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER...LANCASTER Si "s MINERALS All :' GEMSTONES OF TASMANIA AND THEIR LOCATIONS By KEITH E. LANCASTER The author...National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0909223 04 1 Printed in Australia by Quadricolor Industries...glacial erratics near Zeehan. 3 ^Portland Cape Grim o?s ffMarrawaH 5 ^<*7^ ♦Glaaston: _ r*'~r ...specimens are likely to be discovered in the State of Tasmania. Over the past decade the popularity of the lapidary |  | | Book | | composition was found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples...chabazite rather than willhendersonite or disordered natrolite rather than tetranatrolite. Application of the...bikitaite, edingtonite, ferrierite, mordenite, natrolite, thomsonite, tschernichite, and wairakite. Species...and gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite...retained as a species. ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, | | | Book | | composition was found between the fibrous zeOlites, natrolite, mesolite, and scolecite because intergrown samples...chabazite rather than willhendersonite or disordered natrolite rather than tetranatrolite. Application of the...bikitaite, edingtonite, ferrierite, mordenite, natrolite, thomsonite, tschernichite, and wairakite. Species...and gobbinsite), heulandite (clinoptilolite), natrolite (mesolite and scolecite), harmotome (phillipsite...retained as a species. ZEOLITES DEFINED /7 NATROLITE GROUP Natrolite, mesolite, scolecite, tetranatrolite, |  | | Journal (issue) | | F. L. Sutherland & G. Webb Minerals of western Tasmania ................................................the Moonta and Wallaroo mining districts, South Australia ................................................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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mr. B. Wright S M.P.Cooper Minerals from N. W. Tasmania 8 H.D.C. Heron The Carnborne School of Mines Geology...companion, "Mr. C.", cannot be identified. The Lake District was an increasingly popular tourist centre in...'gentleman collector'. B u t to many visitors the district was a wild and mysterious place, misleading and...6 miles, which would take one clean out of the district! Nevertheless, this is an interesting and entertaining...absolutely necessary to a stranger visiting this district, for, though solitude is, perhaps, preferable |  | | Book | | Mount Malosa, Chilwa alkaline province, Zomba district. "Illite" is the name of a series of incompletely... flattened crystals to 1 cm with crystals of natrolite and richterite (Menezes and Martins, 1984). EUROPE...of rutile (Weerth, 2004). Tonniq Valley, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan [Northern Areas]. Beginning...testing to be hematite. Zagi [Zegi] Mountain, Warsak district, North West Frontier Province. Surface diggings...to 6 cm (2005: 120). Los Remedios mine, Taxco district, Taxco, Guerrero. Ilvaite occurs in the wallrock |  | | Book | | (Oxbow Crescent), Century City, 7441 PO Box 1144, Cape Town, 8000 South Africa Visit www.randomstruik.co...Geological Sciences University of Cape Town Private Bag X3 Rondebosch 7701 Cape Town, South Africa Note: The...(b); (C) a tetragonal anatase crystal (Northern Cape province, South Africa, 8 mm). axis and the horizontal...workshop is known from Blombos Cave in the Western Cape. It is believed to have been used as a pigment in...others, such as (B) blue chalcedony (Okahandja district, Namibia, left specimen 16.7 cm), are translucent |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | 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,...ellipsoid indicatrix has two sections that are circular; the normals to these are the two optic axes,...is an ellipsoid of revolution, there is but one circular section the normal to which is the optic axis |  | | Book | | com Australian agent/distributor: Pan Macmillan Australia; tel. 1300 135 113; fax 1300 135 103; customer...nberlites of South Africa and the lamproites of Australia. Above: Diamonds look unremarkable when rough...cliffs or quarries a safety helmet to protect the head is essential equipment (1 ). Magnifying lens A good...never cltmb up and wear a hard hat to protect your head from falling rocks. When hunting samples anywhere...Vesuvius, Italy Australia and Asia Bombay mines, India Broken Hill, NSW, Australia Coober Pedy, South |  | | Book | | contributes a huge amount of the world’s ruby supply; Australia formerly dominated the precious opal market, although...Superpit Located in Kalgoorlie in central Western Australia, the Superpit is Australia’s largest open pit...Zircon Iran Thailand Turquoise Australia In its heyday, Australia produced the largest amount of precious...moonstones. Elizabeth Taylor’s charm bracelet This circular link gold bracelet was given to Elizabeth Taylor...US 3 Brazil 4 South Africa 5 Russia 6 China 7 Australia (and many more) Key pieces Carved scales Ancient |  | | Book | | Geological Survey; 52BL, David Huston, Geoscience Australia; 17TR, Marli Miller; 23TR, 48 (in Optical Effects...Department of Geological Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa; 65 & 127, Ian Coulson, University...can be built in a number of continents to collide head-on. The ways (see below-right), but it now enormous...and Below: Salt Cellar Tor in England's Peak District is one of several tors in this region. They are...into isotopes ‘decay’ naturally through time Australia dates back 4300 million years, Periods, Periods |
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Cape Grim, Cape Grim district, Circular Head municipality, Tasmania, Australia