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Calcite from
Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia


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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
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Iron-bearing Calcite

Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Comments:Ferroan calcite is by far the most common type of calcite at the Bundoora quarry. Normal calcite occurs as white to cream mammillary coatings lining cavities along with aragonite crystal sprays and very rarely, small bladed clusters of barite.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chabazite-Na13
Phillipsite-Na4
Calcite4
- var Iron-bearing Calcite4
Aragonite4
Analcime3
Natrolite3
Gonnardite3
Thomsonite-Ca2
Baryte2
Native Copper2
Chabazite-Ca1
Thomsonite Subgroup1
Chabazite1
Ilmenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boral Limited quarry, Bundoora, City of Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (29 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:82549
Long-form Identifier:1:3:82549:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
11.4km (7.1 miles) ⓘMerri Creek, City of Moreland, Victoria, Australia
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘBrunswick quarries, Brunswick, City of Moreland, Victoria, Australia
12.7km (7.9 miles) ⓘCorporation quarries, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘF-19 Freeway cutting, Fairfield, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia
13.4km (8.3 miles) ⓘF-19 Freeway Cutting, Abbotsford, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia
14.7km (9.2 miles) ⓘGreenvale Reservoir, Greenvale, City of Hume, Victoria, Australia
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘNiddrie Quarry, Niddrie, City of Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia
16.8km (10.4 miles) ⓘRichmond Corporation Quarry, Richmond, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘBurnley Tunnel, Richmond, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia
17.0km (10.5 miles) ⓘChamber's Quarry, Richmond Quarries, Richmond, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia
References
Birch, W. D. - Ed. (1989) Zeolites of Victoria. Special Publication No.2. Mineralogical Society of Victoriapp.11-30
 
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