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Hellyerite from
Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia


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Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Hellyerite

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Hellyerite

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
02836420017271923681212.jpg
Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
05136780017271923744113.jpg
Hellyerite

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
04909060017271923719530.jpg
Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Hellyerite, etc.

Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hellyerite
Formula:NiCO3 · 5.5H2O
Special Storage/
Display Requirements:		hellyerite is relatively unstable and, if not kept in an air-tight environment, hellyerite decomposes in time to an uidentified poorly crystalline phase.
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zaratite10
Heazlewoodite6
Reevesite3
Serpentine Subgroup2
Magnetite2
Pentlandite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hellyerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (20 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:27935
Long-form Identifier:1:3:27935:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Williams, K. L., Threadgold, I. M., Hounslow, A. W. (1959) Hellyerite, a new nickel carbonate from Heazlewood, Tasmania. American Mineralogist, 44 (5-6) 533-538
Bottrill, Ralph, Davidson, Peter, Anderson, Peter (2002) Famous Mineral Localities: The Lord Brassey Mine, Tasmania [Australia]. The Mineralogical Record, 33 (4) 321-332
 
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