| | Catalog/List | Chihuahua, Mexico \Vood, Petrified Iron Pyrite; Leadville, Colorado Pyrite Amazonite, Florissant, Colorado Crocidolite...Crocidolite Chrysocolla, Globe, Arizom, Rhodonite Pyrite Garnet in Schist Cuprite, Bisbee, Arizona Lodestone... Cal. Pyrite (octahedral crystals), Eagle Co., Colorado Pyrite, Breckenridge, Colorado Pyrite, Gunnison...W eardale, England. Sphalerite with Quartz and Pyrite. Bingham, Utah. Fluorite, green. Very fine. Oberdich...Colorado. Serpentine var. Chrysotile, (near) Globe, Ariz. As asbestos appears in Nature. Serpentine var. Chrysolite | | | | Press Co., Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co. Ltd P.O...Also found at Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in New...been found at the Kongsberg mines in Norway. In Australia, silver is found at Broken Hill in New South Wales... scales, plates, and irregular masses. In the western U.S., splendid masses are found in the Mother Lode...U.S.S.R.; and at Waihi Mine, New Zealand. In Australia, at Mount Morgan Mine, from Chartres Towers district | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | black flakes of hematite with tiny brassyyellow pyrite grains on massive smoky quartz — very nice specimens...they are Alpha or Low Quartz. "Well crystallized pyrite is common in a clay quarry operated for the purpose...melanterite, gypsum and native sulfur are common. "The pyrite nodules, up to 2 " in diameter, are covered with...marcasite although X-ray diffraction show them to be pyrite. The crystals with a little scrubbing are very...2x2 inches, of a dark green (veined with white) serpentine was sent in by Russell Crocoll, 679 Norfolk Ave | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | veins with quartz, sericite, calcite, and a little pyrite cut sharply across the rock. Partial analysis gave... Dravite replacing granite, Karragullen, Western Australia. Analyst, D. G. Murray in E. S. Simpson, 1931...quartz-dravite vein in granite, Swan View, Western Australia. Analyst, E. S. Simpson, 1931. D. Dravite...spherulitic quartz-dravite vein in granite, Jarrahdale, Western Australia. Analyst, H. P. Rowledge in E. S. Simpson...(Du Rietz, 16, 17). In the Darling Range, Western Australia, clravite DRAV~rE-BEARING ROCKS FROM CORNWALL | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | andSupergene Alterationat the Otter Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia R. A. KEELE AND E. H. NICKEL Abstract Otter...The contact sulfidesconsistlargely of violarite, pyrite, and millerite, but textural evidence indicatesthat...ite-millerite-pyriteand pyrrhotite-pentlandite-pyrite--that have subsequently been subjected to supergenealteration...sulfidesconsistof sphericalblebs of millerite, pentlandite, pyrite, and magnetite. Closely associatedwith the sulfide...been altered to an assemblageconsistingof talc, serpentine,and carbonates in varying proportions. The m | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Research Centre, 26 Dick Perry Ave., Kensington, Western Australia Abstract The Black Swan disseminated orebody...observed in otherwise similar deposits in Western Australia and Canada, which display magnetite-bearing...disseminated ores in contrast are dominated by millerite-pyrite–(polydymite) assemblages in both serpentinites...carbonate content is observed in the serpentinites. Serpentine mineralogy, determined by microbeam Raman spectroscopy...with lesser and variable amounts of magnetite and pyrite, and is the result of cooling, crystallization | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | aureole, Cornwall, 427 Alice Mary copper mine, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 Alkali feldspar, Greenland, solvus...(P. M.), see PLIMER (I. R.), 85 Atacamite, W. Australia, 369 ATKIN (B. P.), Hercynite as a breakdown product...I79 Bali Low copper mine, Capricorn Range, W. Australia, lavendulan, 369 BaUyclare, Co. Antrim, cowlesite...373 Baryte, W. Australia, HES-bearing inclusions in, 4o8 Bazirite, Rockall, Inverness-shire, anal., opt...BRINDLEY(G. W.), Deweylite, a mixture of hydrous serpentine and talc-like minerals, 75 Bismuthinite, I.R | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Northumberland: baryte, gypsum, halite, marcasite, pyrite, sideronatrite, 983. Sandford Hill, Weston-super-Mare...Inverness-shire: garnet, 1094. Mull, Argyllshire: chlorite, olivine, pyroxene, serpentine, 'iddingsite'...spessartine, 386. Neve Midbar, Negev: jarosite, pyrite, sideronatrite, sulphur, 84. Pakistan Choian, Arab...glass, 423. TOPOGRAPHICAL INDEX AUSTRALASIA Australia New South Wales Broken Hill: plagioclase, 488...metamorphosed basic rocks, 306, 56I. 1171 South Australia Andamooka: opal, 429. Coober Pedy: opal, 429. | | Liu, Chao, Hystad, Grethe, Golden, Joshua J., Hummer, Daniel R., Downs, Robert T., Morrison, Shaunna M., Ralph, Jolyon P., Hazen, Robert M. (2017) Chromium mineral ecology. American Mineralogist, 102 (3) 612-619 doi:10.2138/am-2017-5900 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Dundas Mineral Field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia 8 Kaber’s Pit, Pokhabikha River Valley, Slyudyanka...Nickel Deposit, Mount Keith, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia 21 Mutnovsky Volcano, Kamchatka Oblast’...Peninsula (Lake Cowan), Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia 36 Santa Ana Mine, Caracoles, Sierra...rocks Chromite mine in lenses and pods in the serpentine, close to the contact with the sedimentary rocks...and schist Oxidation of galena, sphalerite, and pyrite in quartz veins which cut an andesite agglomerate | | Nickel, E. H., Allchurch, P. D., Mason, M. G., Wilmshurst, J. R. (1977) Supergene alteration at the Perseverance nickel deposit, Agnew, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 72 (2) 184-203 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.72.2.184 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | iron releasedby the conversionof pyrrhotite to pyrite is fixed either as sideriteor as magnetite,dependingon...collectedto give adequaterepre- goorlie,Western Australia. This is a semiaridarea sentation in depth...mineralogicalexamination and area forms part of the Western Australian Plateau chenficalanalyses. In all, 780...averagingjust over 2 percentNi (us- the sulfide analyses,pyrite was used as a standard for iron and sulfur, and...:::::: ::::- ;::. •. , , :.;.:. VIOLARITE-PYRITE ZONE / PRIMARY SULFIDE ::::::::::::::::::: | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | intrusion is composed of ~25% fresh dunite, D ~50% serpentine-altered dunite and ~25% tectonized and carbonate...composed predominantly of pentlandite with accessory pyrite with symplectic intergrowths of the two same sulfides...penetrated by platy intergrowths of chlorite and serpentine. In contrast, the most intensely carbonate altered... sulfide association dominated by pentlandite>>pyrite>chalcopyrite has a mineral paragenesis that is...solution which cooled down to SC pentlandite and pyrite. The subsequent processes of serpentinization, | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | rocks of the Bulong Complex near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia P. G. MOESKOPS The Australian Mineral Development...Development Laboratories, Frewville, South Australia, 5063 AND G. R. DAVIS Department of Mining Geology...Complex, about 3o km east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The mineralization is non-economic (up to...primary opaque assemblage pyrrhotine-magnetite-pyrite-chalcopyrite(pentlandite) is texturally unusual...fracture networks in a manner similar to 'early' serpentine. Textural relations between opaques and silicates | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | and Talc-CarbonateAlteration at Black Swan, Western Australia D. I. Gi•ov•.s,D. R. HuDsoN, ^ND T. B.C. H^c•z...of the relatively uncommon assemblagemillerite-pyrite-magnetite-"violarite",with the previously unre...all pseudomorphous after olivine, coexistedwith pyrite-milleritemagnetite in mineralized serpentiniteand...of Western Australia, about 43 km NNE of Kalgoorlie. It is a small, low-gradedisseminated pyrite-milleritedeposit...ultramafic body (Fig. 1), and differsmarkedlyfrom most Western metamorphosedtholeiitic basalts associatedwith | | | Book (edition) | Press Co., Ltd., Nassau, Baham as Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Oak Tree Press Co., Ltd., ...Also found at Somerville, New Jersey. In South Australia at Wallaroo and on Yorke Peninsula, and in...been found at the Kongsberg mines in Norway. In Australia, silver is found at Broken Hill in New South Wales...scales, plates, and irregular masses. In the western U.S., splendid masses are found in the Mother Lode...Mine, Mine, New from Zealand. Chartres In Australia, at Mount Morgan Towers district, from Hillgrove | | Raiswell, Rob, Reinhard, Christopher T., Derkowski, Arkadiusz, Owens, Jeremy, Bottrell, Simon H., Anbar, Ariel D., Lyons, Timothy W. (2011) Formation of syngenetic and early diagenetic iron minerals in the late Archean Mt. McRae Shale, Hamersley Basin, Australia: New insights on the patterns, controls and paleoenvironmental implications of authigenic mineral formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75 (4) 1072-1087 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.11.013 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | late Archean Mt. McRae Shale, Hamersley Basin, Australia: New insights on the patterns, controls and paleoenvironmental...from anoxic bottom waters rich in dissolved Fe. Pyrite formation was probably limited by the availability...interval contains authigenic Fe predominantly as pyrite, where high values for DOP (>0.8) indicate the...years), which enhanced oxidative weathering of pyrite on land and increased sulfate concentrations in...reduction, leading to syngenetic pyrite in the water column and diagenetic pyrite formation in the sediments | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Reexaminationof the Mount BischoffCassiteriteSulfide Skarn, Western Tasmania S.W. H^LLEY*^ND JOHNL. W^LSI-IE Geology...Australian NationalUniversity, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200,Australia Abstract The MountBischoff tin depositoccursin...two separate anddistinct stages. Duringstage1, serpentine andehondrodite assemblages formedat400øto460øC...fluidswith 30 to 36 wt percentNaC1.A zonationfrom serpentine to ehondrodite to magnesite reflects thelowering...the dolomiteare alsomineralized, with pyrrhotite, pyrite, The tin-bearing fluidsarebelievedto havebeenmagmatic | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | WA 6102, Australia School of Earth and Planetary Science, Curtin University, WA 6102, Australia ur na...Pre-proof Abstract The Albany–Fraser Orogen in Western Australia hosts significant magmatic sulphide mineralisation...re pyrrhotite and pyrite are consistent with replacement of pyrrhotite by pyrite and associated lP...mineral resources is a major component of the Western Australian economy; the Ni and base metal sectors...ultramafic material is present and is altered to serpentine- and ro magnetite-bearing mineral assemblages | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | northsulfidedeposits.Early progressreportsconcerning western Quebec, 60 km northeast of the towns of bothobjectives...intercumulus sulfide-oxide "blebs." Olivine is gray, serpentine is dark gray. Plane polarized reflected light...Photomicrograph of partly serpentinized dunite. Serpentine is dark gray; olivine is gray; chromite is light...and awaruite. Note that they occur only within serpentine, not in fresh olivine. See text for further...in mainly of pyrrhotite,with lesserpentlandite,pyrite, trace amounts. Chromite is also widespread,but | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | WesternAustralia,Nedlands,WesternAustralia,6009, Australia Abstract The WannawayFe-Ni-Cu sulfidedepositis...Education, P.O. Box 1, Belconnen,A.C.T. 2616, Australia Regional Geological Setting Interlayered mafic...surveyand controlby AnacondaAustralia,Inc. more serpentine-richmaterial (1.5 to 4 m) into a thin and remnantsof...yunit B2 zone (0.5 to 2.5 m) composedof dark serpentine occur at the base. This basal metasediment is...ultramaficsequence are sphalerite,and in somecases,pyrite. Metasedimen- largely fine-grainedmetabasaltscontaininggreentary | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | nickel sulphide deposits, Kambalda ore field, Western Australia: the metamorphic modification model revisited...Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia Received August 8, 2003; revised...throughout the major Archaean Kambalda ore field, Western Australia, reveal highly heterogeneous Ni tenor (wt%...Fe and with increasing abundance of metamorphic pyrite þ magnetite silicates. In turn, the abundance...the tenor variation. Replacement of pyrrhotite by pyrite þ magnetite chlorite during oxidation reduced | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Division of Mineralogy, CSIRO, Wembley, W.A. 6014 (Australia) (Received December 28, 1977; revised and accepted...of goethite, serpentine, magnesite and talc. Ni, Cu, Co and Fe are fixed by serpentine and to a lesser...and probably Fe(II), and also Mg, released from serpentine and magnesite, are all strongly fixed by existing...and Fe(II) interact with surfaces of goethite, serpentine, magnesite and talc in an environment where Fe(II)...nickel ore of the Lunnon Shoot, Kambalda, Western Australia. Somewhat higher proportions of Cu and Co | | | Catalog/List | County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite ......... AMBER Oxygenated hydrocarbon Dominican...cerussite, galena and linarite .............. Australia New South Wales, Broken Hill Drusy white xls with...Ajo, New Cornelia mine La,·ender cleavages with pyrite and chalcopyrite; has typical rectangular cleavage...pink to tan rhombohedral crystals with sphalerite, pyrite, galena crystals .......... ANNABERGITE Hydrated...-----CUStroustin-white crystal groups with minor pyrite and jamesonite .................. . ARTINITE A | | | Report (edition) | maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication | | | Book (volume) | to splintery Hebrides : Bum, at Inverness-shire: Heliotrope. brown. Aberdeenshire summit :...1 Graphite (2) .16 .16 .20 .21 23 .23 .24 . Pyrite(85) Smaltite(87) Gersdorffite (90) Marcasite (96)...9 Greenockite, figs. II. Galena, figs. III. pyrite, tigs. 1 and 1, 2 Pyrrhotite, figs. VII...the altered crystals (as suggested 85. after Serpentine (Picrolite) Magnetite xi. Mag., : by Goodchild)... Picrolite after Asbestos and Actinolite see Serpentine, Nos. 173 and 174. Cabrach Heddle, Min. Mag. | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Bentley, WA6845,Australia (k.evans@curtin.edu.au) 2 School Earth Sciences...University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.3010,Australia ABSTRACT Subduction of hydrated lithospheric...loss of methane and H2 S at the brucite-out and serpentine-out reactions respectively. No fluid-induced...confirm this. Key words: magnetite; oxidation; pyrite; serpentine; INTRODUCTION Ultramafic rocks make up...elements into the Earth’s interior. Release of serpentine-hosted water at depths of 75–150 km is thought |
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