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Hematite from
Blythe River iron mines (Purple Crag), Stowport, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Diggings
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blythe River iron mines (Purple Crag), Stowport, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1260825
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1260825:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
0.4km (0.3 miles) Blythe River Haematite, Cuprona, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
1.6km (1.0 miles) Copper King mine (Cuprona mine), Cuprona, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
7.6km (4.7 miles) Tasmanian Iron mines (Penguin Iron Mine), Penguin, Central Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
22.8km (14.2 miles) Kara North deposit, Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
23.5km (14.6 miles) Kara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
23.8km (14.8 miles) Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
38.2km (23.7 miles) Walters Nook Quarry, Nook, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
47.9km (29.7 miles) Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
51.0km (31.7 miles) Harford, Latrobe municipality, Tasmania, Australia
52.9km (32.9 miles) Beulah Barite mine, Lower Beulah, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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