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Argyle White Quarry, Kilto Station, Broome Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Argyle White Quarry | Quarry |
| Kilto Station | - not defined - |
| Broome Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
17° 24' 25'' South , 123° 10' 34'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Derby | 3,199 (2014) | 49.4km |
Marketing term given to the stone, although the Argyle area (Argyle Dam, Argyle Diamond Mine etc) is in the eastern Kimberley, several hundred kilometres away. Argyle White is a test quarry, showing fine to medium grain Melligo Sandstone, outcropping in the area as steep sided mesas. There is a hardened sandstone ridge capping which extends down the cliffs by 20 metres. High on the slopes Meteor Stone extracted blocks of hard white to pale beige sandstone. It is quartz rich, medium grained, clouded with polycrystalline quartz, leucoxene-limonite, and muscovite.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
2 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Leucoxene' |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Leucoxene' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- North Australian ElementCraton
- Northern Territory
- Kalkarindji Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
- Western Australia
- Canning BasinBasin
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- Arunta BlockOrogenic Belt
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