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Schorl from
Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia


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Schorl

Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Schorl

Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Schorl

Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Schorl
Formula:NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schorl data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alluvial gold mine, Carapooee, Northern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:603030
Long-form Identifier:1:3:603030:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Schorl
36.4km (22.6 miles) ⓘHenry's Hill Wolfram Deposit, Avoca, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia
54.5km (33.8 miles) ⓘSedimentary Holdings alluvial gold operations, Amphitheatre, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia
83.7km (52.0 miles) ⓘWIM 150 deposit, Horsham, Rural City of Horsham, Victoria, Australia
93.8km (58.3 miles) ⓘBlight's Quarry, Harcourt North, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia
References
Birch, W. D., Barron, L. M., Magee, C., Sutherland, F. L. (2007) Gold- and diamond-bearing White Hills Gravel, St Arnaud district, Victoria: age and provenance based on U – Pb dating of zircon and rutile. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54 (4) 609-628 doi:10.1080/08120090701188996
 
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