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Zircon from
Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Age information
Maximum recorded age:2527 ± 2 Ma
Minimum recorded age:2527 ± 2 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
12527 ± 2 MaNeoarchean -
Sample references:
1 -
Tkachev A V (2011): Evolution of metallogeny of granitic pegmatites associated with orogens throughout geological time. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 350, 7-23.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:314461
Long-form Identifier:1:3:314461:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘLemonade Springs Cut, Greenbushes tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
21.1km (13.1 miles) ⓘDonovans Find (Smithfield), Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘCapel mineral sands mines, Capel Shire, Western Australia, Australia
74.1km (46.0 miles) ⓘGovernor Broome mineral sands prospect, Augusta, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia, Australia
83.2km (51.7 miles) ⓘBeenup mineral sands mine, Augusta, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Econ Geol (1995) 90:616-635
Camara, F.; Oberti, R. (2005) The crystal-chemistry of holmquistites: Ferroholmquistite from Greenbushes (Western Australia) and hints for compositional constraints in BLi amphiboles. American Mineralogist, 90 (7). 1167-1176 doi:10.2138/am.2005.1793
 
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