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Powell property, Upper Beechmont, Numinbah Valley, Gold Coast City Shire, Queensland, Australiai
Regional Level Types
Powell propertyProperty
Upper Beechmont- not defined -
Numinbah ValleyValley
Gold Coast City ShireShire
QueenslandState
AustraliaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
28° 5' 58'' South , 153° 11' 41'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Lower Beechmont1,003 (2015)7.6km
Springbrook673 (2015)12.2km
Tamborine Mountain6,535 (2011)14.5km
Worongary749 (2015)16.2km
Mount Nathan1,124 (2015)16.8km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Community Lapidary & Silversmithing Club Inc.Worongary, Queensland15km
Gold Coast Lapidary Club Inc.Miami, Queensland25km
Roma & District Lapidary & Mineral Society Inc.Roma, Queensland25km
Beenleigh Lapidary Club Inc.Beenleigh, Queensland42km
Mindat Locality ID:
109708
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:109708:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A large private property on the western rim of the Numinbah valley on the Goldcoast hinterland, which has steep densely forested hillsides comprising extensive surface exposure of weathered rhyolite boulders. The occasional boulder has gaseous cavities in which calcite, siderite, chalcedony and a number of yet to be identified micro species occur.

Co-ordinates are simply for Beechmont Road, Upper Beechmont and not for the particular property

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
References:
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
References:
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
References:
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
References:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O QuartzSiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
FeIron
Fe SideriteFeCO3

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Australia
Australian PlateTectonic Plate

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