| Locality type: | Lake |
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| Species: | Epsomite |
| Formula: | MgSO4 · 7H2O |
| Comments: | Epsomite was found growing in saline solutions inside and at the base of salt-crust pressure ridges (which grew up to 30-40cm high) at the northern end of the lake.
The largest individual prisms were about 4cm long and 1cm wide, a few also being double terminated, but most were clustered in flat platy aggregates from growing on the bottom of the saline pools.
Crystals were transparent to translucent and colourless to a very pale grey.
The tabular white crystals found here and commonly traded as epsomite, are mostly glauberite, variably altered to gypsum ( R Bottrill, XRD). |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Epsomite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Lake Bumbunga, Lochiel, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 406641 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:406641:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 824febe2-322a-4e30-b412-960ddc107f75 |
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| 46.0km (28.6 miles) | ⓘWallaroo Mine, Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia |
| 56.4km (35.0 miles) | ⓘMoonta mines (Wallaroo and Moonta Mining; Moonta Copper Recovery Co. Ltd; Moonta Mining Scheme; Moonta Prospecting Syndicate), Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia |
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