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Sieleckiite from
Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia


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Sieleckiite

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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Sieleckiite, etc.

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
01937290017271926685145.jpg
Sieleckiite, etc.

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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Sieleckiite

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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Sieleckiite

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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Sieleckiite, etc.

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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Sieleckiite, etc.

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
04753230017271979078918.jpg
Sieleckiite

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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Sieleckiite

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
00504170017271926576955.jpg
Sieleckiite, etc.

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
01937290017271926685145.jpg
Sieleckiite, etc.

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
04753230017271979078918.jpg
Sieleckiite

Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sieleckiite
Formula:Cu3Al4(PO4)2(OH)12 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Libethenite7
Turquoise2
Quartz1
Variscite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sieleckiite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Oxide Copper mine, Mount Gordon, Gunpowder District, City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10080
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10080:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Birch, W. D., Pring, A. (1988) Sieleckiite, a New Copper Aluminium Phosphate from Mt Oxide, Queensland, Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 52 (367) 515-518 doi:10.1180/minmag.1988.052.367.11
Day, B.E., Beyer, B.D. (1996) Some mines of the Mt Isa district. Part 3 - The Mt Oxide mine. Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 2(1): 3-10.
Elliott, Peter (2017) Refinement of the crystal structure of sieleckiite and revision of its symmetry. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (4) 917-922 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.143
 
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