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Magnetite from
Radium Hill Mine, Radium Hill area, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


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Magnetite

Radium Hill Mine, Radium Hill area, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Magnetite

Radium Hill Mine, Radium Hill area, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Magnetite

Radium Hill Mine, Radium Hill area, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Carnotite
Davidite-(La)
Ilmenite
Rutile
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Radium Hill Mine, Radium Hill area, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:493194
Long-form Identifier:1:3:493194:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘMaldorky project, Radium Hill area, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
11.3km (7.0 miles) ⓘLuxemburg North Mine, New Luxemburg Goldfield, Radium Hill area, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘGreen and Gold Mine, Olary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘMutooroo West Mine (Cockburn copper Mine), Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
29.5km (18.3 miles) ⓘMutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
30.2km (18.8 miles) ⓘMutooroo Copper Mine, Mutooroo Homestead, Mutooroo area, Mingary, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘCentralia Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
39.7km (24.6 miles) ⓘMount Mulga North (Mount Mulga Mine), Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
41.3km (25.6 miles) ⓘWoman in White Mine, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
46.9km (29.1 miles) ⓘPerryhumuck Mine (Perry Hummock Mine), Ameroo Hill, Outalpa, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
References
SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 962
Mawson D (1906) On certain new mineral species associated with carnotite in the radio-active ore body near Olary. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30, 188-193
Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.
 
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