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| Species: | Turquoise |
| Formula: | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O |
| Comments: | "In the Edi-Cheshunt field the turquoise occurs as compact veins and fracture fillings up to 2 cm thick but generally less than 0.5 cm. The veins may follow either planar fractures or the surface of small irregular folds. The colour of the turquoise varies from greenish and pale blue, particularly near the surface, to interse sky blue shades. The appearance varies from subvitreous and translucent in the deeper blue material to chalky and opaque in pale varieties. Cavities with globular linings occurs in some veins." |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Turquoise data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
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| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 65471 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:65471:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0285b3c0-64b5-4076-9520-e0fb3a749f29 |
| Localities for Turquoise in this Region |
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| Masson Company workings, Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
| Mount Avis Mine, Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
| Mt Avis Extended, Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
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| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘMt Avis Extended, Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘMount Avis Mine, Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
| 2.0km (1.3 miles) | ⓘMasson Company workings, Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
| 28.6km (17.8 miles) | ⓘGreta South turquoise field, Greta South, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
| 45.9km (28.5 miles) | ⓘFry's Hut, Merrijig, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 48.7km (30.3 miles) | ⓘPhosphate Hill, Mansfield, Mansfield Shire, Victoria, Australia |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | 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...Minerals of the Maldon Goldfield, by J. C. Haupt. Special Publication No. 2: Zeolites of Victoria. W. D |
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Edi-Cheshunt turquoise field, Whitfield, Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia