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Heterosite from
Blue Jacket Tin Mine (Blue Jacket Reef), Glen Valley, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia


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Heterosite

Blue Jacket Tin Mine, Glen Valley, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Heterosite

Blue Jacket Tin Mine, Glen Valley, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Heterosite

Blue Jacket Tin Mine, Glen Valley, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Heterosite
Formula:Fe3+(PO4)
Comments:Occurs as alteration product of a primary phosphate, probably triphylite, in massive quartz. Only small amounts are present, as the specimens so far found are in an advanced state of weathering. XRD of the oxides that make up the bulk of the weathered material showed that they are basically amorphous.
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Heterosite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blue Jacket Tin Mine (Blue Jacket Reef), Glen Valley, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:639170
Long-form Identifier:1:3:639170:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Heterosite
1.0km (0.6 miles) ⓘKnocker dyke (South Blue Jacket), Glen Valley, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
1.3km (0.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed Pegmatite, Glen Valley, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
1.7km (1.1 miles) ⓘMt Wills mining district, Glen Valley, East Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia
References
Personally collected by Ryan Eagle in 2009
Eagle, Ryan M.; Birch, William D.; McKnight, Stafford (2015) Phosphate minerals in granitic pegmatites from the Mount Wills District, north-eastern Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 127 (2). 55-68 doi:10.1071/rs15018
Birch, W. D. (2018) Rare phosphate minerals in granite pegmatite dykes, northeastern Victoria, Australia. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 238
 
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