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Bismuthinite from
Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Bismuthinite
Formula:Bi2S3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bismuthinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:959656
Long-form Identifier:1:3:959656:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bismuthinite
6.4km (3.9 miles) ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
6.4km (3.9 miles) ⓘHercules Mine, Williamsford, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘCurtin-Davis Mine, Ringville, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
8.9km (5.6 miles) ⓘRamsdale Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘCarbine mine (Great Northern Creek), North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
19.5km (12.1 miles) ⓘOonah Mine, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘMt Ramsay mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘAvebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
29.5km (18.4 miles) ⓘFederation workings, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘMt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Zaw, K., Large, R. R., & Huston, D. L. (1997). Petrologic and geochemical significance of a Devonian replacement zone in the Cambrian Rosebery massive sulfide deposit, western Tasmania. The Canadian Mineralogist, 35(5), 1325-1349.
 
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