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Biotite from
Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Rhodonite3
Almandine-Spessartine Series3
Quartz3
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rosebery Mine, Rosebery, Rosebery district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:959610
Long-form Identifier:1:3:959610:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
6.4km (3.9 miles) ⓘRenison Bell Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
10.2km (6.3 miles) ⓘMt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood), Mt Lindsay mineral field, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘAvebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘSweeney's mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
31.1km (19.3 miles) ⓘAnio Creek prospect, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
31.8km (19.7 miles) ⓘMount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.1km (19.9 miles) ⓘPrince Lyell Mine, Mount Lyell Mines, Queenstown, Queenstown district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
32.5km (20.2 miles) ⓘReece Dam (Lower Pieman dam), West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘMt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
39.1km (24.3 miles) ⓘMount Bischoff Mine, Waratah-Mt Bischoff, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
Zaw, K., Large, R. R., & Huston, D. L. (1997). Petrologic and geochemical significance of a Devonian replacement zone in the Cambrian Rosebery massive sulfide deposit, western Tasmania. The Canadian Mineralogist, 35(5), 1325-1349.
Large, Ross R., Allen, Rodney L., Blake, Michael D., Herrmann, Walter (2001) Hydrothermal Alteration and Volatile Element Halos for the Rosebery K Lens Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposit, Western Tasmania. Economic Geology, 96 (5) 1055-1072 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.1055
 
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