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Police Station Cut, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
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Holmquistite

Police Station Cut, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Holmquistite

Police Station Cut, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
09038710017272335976180.jpg
Holmquistite

Police Station Cut, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 51' 8'' South , 116° 3' 32'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
-33.85230,116.05915
GRN:
S23E69
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Greenbushes344 (2012)0.3km
Balingup442 (2016)10.3km
Bridgetown2,971 (2012)14.1km
Mullalyup278 (2016)17.6km
Kirup324 (2018)20.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
269709
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:269709:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Holmquistite idioblasts occur in a hornblende-titanite-quartz-plagioclase amphibolite, in contact with a lithium (spodumene) pegmatite.

Mineralogy is similar to the of the Lemonade Springs Cut.

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘHolmquistite9.DD.05◻Li2(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Holmquistite◻Li2(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2
LiLithium
Liⓘ Holmquistite◻Li2(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ Holmquistite◻Li2(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Holmquistite◻Li2(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Holmquistite◻Li2(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Holmquistite◻Li2(Mg3Al2)(Si8O22)(OH)2

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References

Frost, M. T., Tsambourakis, G., Davis, J. (1987) Holmquistite-bearing amphibolite from Greenbushes, Western Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 51 (362) 585-591 doi:10.1180/minmag.1987.051.362.13
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