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Kintoreite from
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Kintoreite
Formula:PbFe3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Beraunite
Hinsdalite
Libethenite
Pyromorphite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kintoreite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6671
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6671:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kintoreite
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘKintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
17.3km (10.8 miles) ⓘPinnacles Mine, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘDaydream Mine (Meech's Blow), Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Pring, A., Birch, W. D., Dawe, J., Taylor, M., Deliens, M., Walenta, K. (1995) Kintoreite, PbFe3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6, a new mineral of the jarosite-alunite family, and lusungite discredited. Mineralogical Magazine, 59 (394) 143-148 doi:10.1180/minmag.1995.59.394.14
Mandarino, Joseph A. (1996) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 27 (4) 301-306
 
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