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Fitzgerald River District, Ravensthorpe Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Fitzgerald River District | Mining District |
| Ravensthorpe Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 54' 21'' South , 119° 10' 37'' East
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The exact locality is not precisely known, however, it is likely is near Twertup Creek, a tributary of the Fitzgerald River.
The reference (Birch et al. 2002) describes the discovery of "Mendozavilite", later showed by Kampf et al. (2012) to corresponds to melkovite, after the new nomenclature of the Betpakdalite Supergroup. Noted on material held by Museum Victoria. The specimens were donated to the museum in 1958, from the estate of Dr George B. Pritchard, who collected them in 1921 from what is now the Fitzgerald River National Park.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Ferrimolybdite Formula: Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O |
| ⓘ Melkovite Formula: [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe3+3O36(OH)] Description: The EMPA analysis given for the mineral described by Birch et al. (2002) as "mendozavilite" from the Fitzgerald River district corresponds to melkovite, according to the new nomenclature of the Betpakdalite Supergroup (Kampf et al. 2012). In composition it is relatively close to the hypotetical member of mendozavilite group (not described), mendozavilite-NaCa. References: Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Rumsey, M. S., Dini, M., Birch, W. D., Spratt, J., Pluth, J. J., Steele, I. M., Jenkins, R. A., Pinch, W. W. (2012) The heteropolymolybdate family: structural relations, nomenclature scheme and new species. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (5) 1175-1207 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.5.09 |
| ⓘ Formula: [Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe3+3O35(OH)2] Description: The EMPA analysis given for the mineral described by Birch et al. (2002) as mendozavilite from the Fitzgerald River district corresponds to melkovite, according to the new nomenclature of the Betpakdalite Supergroup (Kampf et al. 2012). In composition it is relatively close to the hypotetical member of mendozavilite group (not described), mendozavilite-NaCa. References: Kampf, A. R., Mills, S. J., Rumsey, M. S., Dini, M., Birch, W. D., Spratt, J., Pluth, J. J., Steele, I. M., Jenkins, R. A., Pinch, W. W. (2012) The heteropolymolybdate family: structural relations, nomenclature scheme and new species. Mineralogical Magazine, 76 (5) 1175-1207 doi:10.1180/minmag.2012.076.5.09 |
| ⓘ Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Ferrimolybdite | 7.GB.30 | Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O |
| ⓘ | Mendozavilite-NaFe ? | 7.GB.45 | [Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe3+3O35(OH)2] |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Melkovite | 8.DM.15 | [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe3+3O36(OH)] |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Ferrimolybdite | Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O |
| H | ⓘ Melkovite | [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O36(OH)] |
| H | ⓘ Mendozavilite-NaFe | [Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O35(OH)2] |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Ferrimolybdite | Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Melkovite | [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O36(OH)] |
| O | ⓘ Mendozavilite-NaFe | [Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O35(OH)2] |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Mendozavilite-NaFe | [Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O35(OH)2] |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Melkovite | [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O36(OH)] |
| P | ⓘ Mendozavilite-NaFe | [Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O35(OH)2] |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Melkovite | [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O36(OH)] |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Ferrimolybdite | Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O |
| Fe | ⓘ Melkovite | [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O36(OH)] |
| Fe | ⓘ Mendozavilite-NaFe | [Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O35(OH)2] |
| Mo | Molybdenum | |
| Mo | ⓘ Ferrimolybdite | Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O |
| Mo | ⓘ Melkovite | [Ca2(H2O)15Ca(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O36(OH)] |
| Mo | ⓘ Mendozavilite-NaFe | [Na2(H2O)15Fe3+(H2O)6][Mo8P2Fe33+O35(OH)2] |
| Mo | ⓘ Molybdenite | MoS2 |
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- Yilgarn CratonCraton
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