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Sericite from
Wallah Wallah Silver Mine (Wallah Wallah Mine), Rye Park, King Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Mine
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 Wallah Wallah Silver Mine (Wallah Wallah Mine), Rye Park, King Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1736467
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1736467:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘFrogmore Copper Mine, Frogmore, King Co., New South Wales, Australia
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘGrants Amalgamated Group of Mines (Grant & Mansfield), Mount McDonald, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia
64.3km (40.0 miles) ⓘKennedy & Cash Mine, Mount McDonald, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia
74.0km (46.0 miles) ⓘGlen deposit (The Glen; The Glen mine), Wee Jasper, Buccleuch Co., New South Wales, Australia
80.8km (50.2 miles) ⓘCurrawang West Mine, Argyle Co., New South Wales, Australia
89.0km (55.3 miles) ⓘKempfield Barytes Mine (Kempfield deposit), Kempfield, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia
91.0km (56.5 miles) ⓘWoodlawn Mine, Tarago, Murray Co., New South Wales, Australia
94.1km (58.5 miles) ⓘCanberra Brickworks, Murray Co., New South Wales, Australia
99.2km (61.7 miles) ⓘCarcoar Mine (Carcoar cobalt mine; Wilsons mine; Wilsons quarry), Carcoar, Bathurst Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
McQueen, K. G., Box, Sara (1988) Mineralization at the Wallah Wallah Silver Mine, Rye Park, New South Wales and its metallogenic significance. Mineralogy and Petrology, 39 (3) 289-305 doi:10.1007/bf01163041
 
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