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Lizardite from
Mount Keith Open Pit, Mount Keith, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Pit
Classification
Species:Lizardite
Formula:Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Iowaite2
Brucite1
Woodallite1
Pentlandite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lizardite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Keith Open Pit, Mount Keith, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:45233
Long-form Identifier:1:3:45233:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Lizardite
21.5km (13.3 miles) ⓘSix Mile Well Pit, Yakabindie Station, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘWest Jordan deposit, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
29.3km (18.2 miles) ⓘKingston Ni prospect, Mount Keith, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘHarrier deposit, Honeymoon Well complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
40.7km (25.3 miles) ⓘCorella prospect, Honeymoon Well complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
41.6km (25.8 miles) ⓘHoneymoon Well complex, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia
67.1km (41.7 miles) ⓘPerseverance Mine, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Mills, S. J., Wilson, S. A., Dipple, G. M., Raudsepp, M. (2010) The decomposition of konyaite: importance in CO2 fixation in mine tailings. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (5) 903-917 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.5.903
Virnes, Anne B., Fiorentini, Marco L., Barnes, Stephen J., Caruso, Stefano, Martin, Laure A.J., Aleshin, Matvei, Schoneveld, Louise E., Roberts, Malcolm P., Masurel, Quentin, Thebaud, Nicolas (2023) Decoupling of Sulfur Isotope Signatures from Platinum Group Elements in Komatiite-Hosted Ore Systems: Evidence from the Mount Keith MKD5 Ni-(Co-Cu) Deposit, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 118 (8) 1813-1834 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5030
 
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