| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Fluorite |
| Formula: | CaF2 |
| Comments: | In late veins; excellent crystals to ~30mm |
| Habit: | cubic and octahedral |
| Colour: | colourless, blue, purple, green and brown |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Very common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Magnesite | 39 |
| - var Iron-bearing Magnesite | 8 |
| Magnesite-Siderite Series | 14 |
| Pyrite | 9 |
| Siderite | 9 |
| Limonite | 8 |
| Quartz | 8 |
| - var Smoky Quartz | 1 |
| Bavenite | 6 |
| Morinite | 6 |
| Vivianite | 5 |
| Dickite | 3 |
| Sphalerite | 3 |
| Luinaite-(OH) | 2 |
| Pyrrhotite | 1 |
| Beryl | 1 |
| Sellaite | 1 |
| Mica Group | 1 |
| Baryte | 1 |
| Boulangerite | 1 |
| Arsenopyrite | 1 |
| Franckeite | 1 |
| Galena | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (40 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 5362 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:5362:4 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Localities for Fluorite in this Region |
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| Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite |
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| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘSlaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘAntimonal lode, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| 12.4km (7.7 miles) | ⓘMt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| 17.6km (10.9 miles) | ⓘMt Ramsay mine, Mt Ramsay, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| 25.0km (15.5 miles) | ⓘKara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia |
| 25.0km (15.5 miles) | ⓘKara Mines, Hampshire mining district, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia |
| 33.6km (20.9 miles) | ⓘMt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| 39.1km (24.3 miles) | ⓘRosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| 41.0km (25.5 miles) | ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
| 42.7km (26.6 miles) | ⓘStormont mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
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Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia