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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia


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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
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Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Wavellite
Formula:Al3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Hematite3
Variscite3
Magnetite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Wavellite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:69690
Long-form Identifier:1:3:69690:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Wavellite
58.5km (36.4 miles) ⓘIron Duchess, Iron Duke Complex, Middleback Range, Eyre peninsula, South Australia, Australia
References
Pilkington, E. S., Segnit, E. R., Watts, J., Francis, G. (1979) Kleemanite, a new zinc aluminium phosphate. Mineralogical Magazine, 43 (325) 93-95 doi:10.1180/minmag.1979.043.325.03
 
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