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Schumacherite from
Wombat Hole prospect (Wombat Hole mine), Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia


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Schumacherite, etc.

Wombat Hole prospect, Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Schumacherite

Wombat Hole prospect, Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia
01667780017365048082424.jpg
Schumacherite, etc.

Wombat Hole prospect, Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia
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Schumacherite

Wombat Hole prospect, Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia
01667780017365048082424.jpg
Schumacherite, etc.

Wombat Hole prospect, Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia
04148150017271978141314.jpg
Schumacherite

Wombat Hole prospect, Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia
Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Schumacherite
Formula:Bi3(VO4)2O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chrysocolla3
Namibite2
Opal1
- var Opal-AN1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Schumacherite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wombat Hole prospect (Wombat Hole mine), Morass Creek gorge, Dartmouth, Towong Shire, Victoria, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:9878
Long-form Identifier:1:3:9878:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Dunning, Gail E., Cooper, Joseph F. Jr. (1998) Namibite: A Summary of World Occurrences. The Mineralogical Record, 29 (3) Tucson. 163-166
Frost, Ray L., Henry, Dermot A., Weier, Matt L., Martens, Wayde (2006) Raman spectroscopy of three polymorphs of BiVO4: clinobisvanite, dreyerite and pucherite, with comparisons to (VO4)3-bearing minerals: namibite, pottsite and schumacherite. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 37 (7). 722-732 doi:10.1002/jrs.1499
Henry, Dermot A., Birch, William D. (2022) The Wombat Hole Prospect, Benambra, Victoria, Australia: a Cu–Bi–(Te) exoskarn with unusual supergene mineralogy. Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (4) 606-618 doi:10.1180/mgm.2022.11
 
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