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Sericite from
Yerranderie, Westmoreland County, New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yerranderie, Westmoreland County, New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1621308
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1621308:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
65.5km (40.7 miles) ⓘMount David Gold Mine (Mount Maude Mine), Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘPhoenix Mine (Larrys Hill Mine; Hopeful Mine), Wisemans Creek, Westmoreland County, New South Wales, Australia
85.0km (52.8 miles) ⓘPennant Hills Quarry (Dundas Quarry; Sir Thomas Mitchell Reserve), Dundas Valley, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia
98.4km (61.2 miles) ⓘKempfield Barytes Mine (Kempfield deposit), Kempfield, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
References
Downes, Peter M. (2007) Yerranderie a Late Devonian Silver–Gold–Lead Intermediate Sulfidation Epithermal District, Eastern Lachlan Orogen, New South Wales, Australia. Resource Geology, 57 (1). p.1-23. doi:10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.00001.x
 
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