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


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Minium

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Minium

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Minium

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Minium

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Minium

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Minium

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

Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Minium
Formula:Pb3O4
Formation:Secondary
Comments:Listed as 'reported from' in Catalogue of South Australian minerals, 1983.
Tested by Peter Elliott and found to contain only Pb and O so, with the colour, very likely.
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:SEM-EDS
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluorite4
Pyromorphite2
Wulfenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Minium data
Locality Data:Click here to view Avondale Mine, Mount Lyndhurst Station, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:48894
Long-form Identifier:1:3:48894:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Noble, RJ & Just, J, 1983 , Catalogue of South Australian minerals : 1983 , Dept. of Mines and Energy, South Australia, Adelaide.
 
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