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| Species: | Aragonite |
| Formula: | CaCO3 |
| Comments: | "Aragonite is a common accessary mineral and attractive specimens are common at the Trentham quarry as large sprays of colourless to white and translucent acicular crystals up to 5 cm long. Occasionally the terminations have an attractive yellowish tinge." |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Aragonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 89975 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:89975:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | d9348a63-8bc7-4edd-8665-c3b007cbea85 |
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| 9.5km (5.9 miles) | ⓘTylden quarry, Tylden, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 17.2km (10.7 miles) | ⓘRidge Road quarry, Daylesford, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 23.8km (14.8 miles) | ⓘRosslynne Reservoir, Gisborne, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 30.1km (18.7 miles) | ⓘJackson's Creek, Panorama Drive, Gisborne, Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 39.3km (24.4 miles) | ⓘSunbury, City of Hume, Victoria, Australia |
| 43.6km (27.1 miles) | ⓘMitchell Falls, Redesdale, City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| 48.8km (30.3 miles) | ⓘTheodore Company Mine, Clunes, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia |
| 50.1km (31.1 miles) | ⓘLearmonth Quarry, Learmonth, City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| 59.6km (37.0 miles) | ⓘMount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| 59.8km (37.2 miles) | ⓘEastern Hill, Mount Anakie, Anakie, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
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 | | Report (issue) | | ZEOLITES OF VICTORIA Editor: W. D. Birch The ralogical Society of Victoria Special Publication No...Northern Central Western THE ZEOLITE REGIONS OF VICTORIA CONTENTS Foreword Editorial Introduction. By...5. Eastern Victoria. By John Haupt 6. Northern Victoria. By Bernard Day 7. Central Victoria. By Derrnot...Derrnot Henry 8. Western Victoria. By John Bosworth 9. Chemistry of Victorian Zeolites. By Bill Birch Appendix...Appendix 1: Recognition of the Fibrous Zeolites in Victoria. By Bill Birch Appendix 2: List of natural zeolites |  | | Journal (issue) | | LITTLE K N OWN ZEOLITE LOCA LITIES I N CENTRA L VICTORIA J ulian D . Hollis C/- Department of M i neralogy...1\lfal111sh11rv. Tylde11 and Tre11tha111, North Ce111ral Victoria. Chaha:ite shows si111ple penetration 11,•i11m11g...N TROD CTI ON: The highlands of North Central Victoria experienced extensive alkali-basaltic volcanism...and other vesicular m i nerals. The quarry at Trentham ha, not been worked for about eight years but...minerals associated with the ,eol itcs include aragonite showing both the botryoidal greenish and white |  | | Book | | was wind-lain and reworked by streams. Single ash falls, up to 8 meters thick, are found. The formation...ago, which is near the end of the period of ash falls (Hay, 1963a). In low-silica tuffs or pyroclastics...~.... _ LIN,E ALKALI E LAKES Volcanic ash that falls into saline, a kaline akes (containing sodium and...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...to low-temperature zeolites as the temperature falls from 2000 to 400 C. Zones of zeolites within a flow | | | Book | | was wind-lain and reworked by streams. Single ash falls, up to 8 meters thick, are found. The formation...ago, which is near the end of the period of ash falls (Hay, 1963a). In low-silica tuffs or pyroclastics...~.... _ LIN,E ALKALI E LAKES Volcanic ash that falls into saline, a kaline akes (containing sodium and...pH of the water in the lake (Fig. 2). Ash that falls ,on the shore of the lake is not alt1ered. Ne,ar...to low-temperature zeolites as the temperature falls from 2000 to 400 C. Zones of zeolites within a flow |  | | Journal (entire run) | | 293 Wattletree Road, East Malvern, Vic., 3145. Australia. Phone: (03) 509 1666 Fax: (03) 500 9475 All rights...Library of Australia ISBN 0 909223 64 5 Design by Gemcraft Pty. Ltd. Printed in Australia by Ramsay Ware...cover is from the Coober Pedy opal fields, South Australia. The 10-ounce gold crystal on the back cover was...was found at Mosquito Gully, Wedderburn, Victoria. LIST OF ARTICLES VOLUME 1, NOS. 1 -51 The Contribution...or Gmelinite (or both) in Basalt From Flinders, Victoria - W.D. Birch Apophyllite in Tasmania - FL. Swherland |
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Trentham Falls, Trentham, Hepburn Shire, Victoria, Australia