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Fluorite from
Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
03323110017272730011261.jpg
Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
07499940017272027521015.jpg
Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Fluorite, etc.

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyromorphite8
Wulfenite5
Hydrocerussite4
Laurionite4
Minium4
Calcite2
Phosphohedyphane1
Cerussite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (6 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48892
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48892:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘGreenwoods Workings, Ediacara Mine, Ediacaran Fossil Reserve, Beltana (Beltana Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
76.3km (47.4 miles) ⓘMount Painter No. 7 workings, Mount Painter area, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
76.4km (47.5 miles) ⓘMount Painter No. 2 workings, Mount Painter area, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
77.4km (48.1 miles) ⓘMt Gee, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
77.9km (48.4 miles) ⓘMt Gee East Valley, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘEast Painter Prospect, Mount Painter area, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
83.5km (51.9 miles) ⓘSmiler Greenwood Prospect, Mount Painter area, Arkaroola (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
93.4km (58.0 miles) ⓘBilly Springs Mine, Mount Fitton homestead, Mount Freeling, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
Noble, RJ & Just, J, 1983 , Catalogue of South Australian minerals : 1983 , Dept. of Mines and Energy, South Australia, Adelaide.
 
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