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Actinolite from
Kara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Actinolite
Formula:◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Habit: [Not yet published]
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kimuraite-(Y)2
Lanthanite2
Andradite2
Magnetite2
Calcite1
- var Manganese-bearing Calcite1
Quartz1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Actinolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:346146
Long-form Identifier:1:3:346146:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Actinolite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘKara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘHampshire Silver Mine, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia
25.0km (15.5 miles) ⓘMount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
29.5km (18.3 miles) ⓘStormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
37.3km (23.2 miles) ⓘMt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
49.8km (30.9 miles) ⓘSavage River Mines, Corinna-Savage River district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
54.7km (34.0 miles) ⓘMt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
57.5km (35.7 miles) ⓘLong Plains Magnetite prospect, Corinna-Savage River district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
58.9km (36.6 miles) ⓘColebrook Hill Mine, Colebrook Hill, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
60.7km (37.7 miles) ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Whitehead, 1990
Ralph Bottrill 6/10/2005.
Matsubara, Satoshi, Kato, Akira, Nagashima, Kozo (1984) Mpororoite and anthoinite from the Kara mine, Tasmania. Mineralogical Magazine, 48 (348) 397-400 doi:10.1180/minmag.1984.048.348.10
Singoyi, B. (1995). Mineral paragenesis, geochemistry and fluid characteristics of the Kara scheelite-magnetite skarn deposit, Northwestern Tasmania (Masters dissertation, University of Tasmania).
Musa, Emmanuel Dogara; Hunt, Julie; Fathi, Mohammadbagher; Missen, Owen P.; Doherty, Greg; Mollison, Marcus (2025) Coarse Froth Flotation to Optimise Scheelite Recovery. Minerals, 15 (11). doi:10.3390/min15111183
 
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