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Calcite from
Duncan Colliery, Fingal, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia


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Calcite

Duncan Colliery, Fingal, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Calcite

Duncan Colliery, Fingal, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Calcite

Duncan Colliery, Fingal, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Locality type:Colliery
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Duncan Colliery, Fingal, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:855580
Long-form Identifier:1:3:855580:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘBlackwood Coal Mine, Mt Nicholas coalfield, St Marys, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
15.7km (9.7 miles) ⓘMerrywood Coal Mine, Royal George, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘSilicified Permian rock outcrops, St Pauls Valley, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
21.8km (13.6 miles) ⓘAberfoyle Mine (Aberfoyle Tin Mine; Rossarden Tin Mine), Rossarden mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
30.7km (19.1 miles) ⓘStanhope Mine, Avoca-Royal George mining district, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
46.7km (29.0 miles) ⓘLittle Plains Quarry, Blue Tier district, Break O'Day municipality, Tasmania, Australia
59.8km (37.2 miles) ⓘKapai Quarry, Kamona, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘEagle Road quarry, The Sideling, Launceston City municipality, Tasmania, Australia
66.2km (41.1 miles) ⓘMayfield Beach, Swansea, Glamorgan Spring Bay municipality, Tasmania, Australia
68.9km (42.8 miles) ⓘRaeburn quarry, Breadalbane, Northern Midlands municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Mathew Latham collection
 
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