Dalglish elbaite prospect, Spargoville, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
Regional Level Types | |
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Dalglish elbaite prospect | Prospect |
Spargoville | - not defined - |
Coolgardie Shire | Shire |
Western Australia | State |
Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 16' 41'' South , 121° 25' 49'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Coolgardie | 802 (2016) | 44.2km |
Boulder | 5,178 (2017) | 55.5km |
Stoneville | 2,841 (2016) | 55.8km |
Mindat Locality ID:
251017
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:251017:3
GUID (UUID V4):
c526dd45-dd2b-4c8b-af53-368749d40df5
Located 6 kilometres south south-west of Spargoville.
The site consists of a shallow pit 1.6m deep, and up to 12m in diameter.
It has produced green and blue gem quality elbaite tourmaline, shown chemically to contain 60-73% elbaite, 17-23% subordinate bluish-black tourmaline, 17-23% foitite, minor amounts of pink tourmaline, 0-14% olenite and 0-10% schorl. The tourmaline crystals vary in diameter from 1 to 55mm.
The tourmaline are prismatic crystals with rounded faces, striated prismatically, with rare crystal terminations. Many specimens have a transparent core with a dark skin. Some specimens are bi-coloured green and blue when viewed perpendicular to the main axis, with the colours tending to merge gradually. Further, some are concentrically zoned shades of blue. Some have a 'pin-fire' appearance from an iridescent response caused by reflections from numerous internal cracks.
At the time of writing (2013) it is believed the site was under an active lease by a Coolgardie specimen dealer.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Elbaite Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Elbaite | 9.CK.05 | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Li | Lithium | |
Li | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
B | Boron | |
B | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Na | Sodium | |
Na | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Elbaite | Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Western Australia
- Kambalda Nickel Metallogenic ProvinceGeologic Province
- West Australian ElementCraton
- Yilgarn CratonCraton
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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