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Calcite from
Murchison Gorge, Tullah, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Gorge
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Murchison Gorge, Tullah, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:616382
Long-form Identifier:1:3:616382:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘRosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘColebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘHenty Mine, Tyndall Valley, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
17.5km (10.8 miles) ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘMt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
20.5km (12.7 miles) ⓘComet mine, Comet Maestries Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘZeehan Western, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.9km (20.4 miles) ⓘPrince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘMount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘCradle Mountain Link Road, Middlesex Plains, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Eastoe, Christopher J., Solomon, M., Walshe, J. L. (1987) District-scale alteration associated with massive sulfide deposits in the Mount Read Volcanics, western Tasmania. Economic Geology, 82 (5) 1239-1258 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.82.5.1239
 
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