| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Rhodonite |
| Formula: | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| Formation: | Primary |
| Comments: | Fine grained. Analyses indicate vittinkiite (R Bottrill in prep). |
| Colour: | Pink |
| Significance: | Significant commercial deposit of this mineral. |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Unconfirmed/Questioned |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Mangano-ferri-eckermannite | 5 |
| Serandite | 1 |
| Nambulite | 1 |
| Tephroite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Rhodonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Inglis Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 109157 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:109157:1 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Rhodonite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘWoods Manganese Deposit (Woods deposit), Watsons Creek Nature Reserve, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 1.6km (1.0 miles) | ⓘHeather Glen, Watsons Creek Nature Reserve, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘMount McDonald Manganese deposit, Watsons Creek Nature Reserve, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 2.7km (1.7 miles) | ⓘDen Manganese Mine, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 3.0km (1.9 miles) | ⓘManganese Mountain, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘMount Jasper Manganese Mine, Chinamans Hill, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 8.4km (5.2 miles) | ⓘSpring Creek Rhodonite deposit, Watsons Creek Nature Reserve, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 13.6km (8.4 miles) | ⓘPine Glen, Manilla, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 13.8km (8.6 miles) | ⓘRoseneath South Manganese deposit, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| 15.3km (9.5 miles) | ⓘRoseneath Rhodonite deposit, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia |
| References |
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Kawachi, Y., Ashley, P. M., Vince, D., Goodwin, M. (1994) Sugilite in manganese silicate rocks from the Hoskins mine and Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 58 (393) 671-677 doi:10.1180/minmag.1994.058.393.18 Kawachi, Y., Coombs, D. S., Miura, H. (1996) Noélbensonite, a new BaMn silicate of the lawsonite structure type, from Woods mine, New South Wales, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (399) 369-374 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.399.11 |
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Woods Mine, Inglis Co., New South Wales, Australia