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Dravite from
Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia


Locality type:Station (farming)
Classification
Species:Dravite
Formula:NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Muscoviteⓘ11 photos of Dravite associated with Muscovite at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Dravite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Dravite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (44 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:109276
Long-form Identifier:1:3:109276:9
GUID (UUID V4):1905a084-dff2-40c7-b916-5ece1894623d
Localities for Dravite in this Region
Camel Hill pegmatites, Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Tomkap tourmaline mines (Soklich), Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Yinnietharra Dravite mine (South Open Cut), Tomkap tourmaline mines (Soklich), Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Yinnietharra Dravite North mine, Tomkap tourmaline mines (Soklich), Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Dravite
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘYinnietharra Dravite mine (South Open Cut), Tomkap tourmaline mines (Soklich), Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘTomkap tourmaline mines (Soklich), Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
10.9km (6.8 miles) ⓘYinnietharra Dravite North mine, Tomkap tourmaline mines (Soklich), Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
21.3km (13.2 miles) ⓘCamel Hill pegmatites, Yinnietharra, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
24.1km (15.0 miles) ⓘWhite well, Eudamullah Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘUnnamed locality, Mooloo Downs Station, Upper Gascoyne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
White Well, Western Australia M. W. PRYCE, B.Sc. Government Chemical Laboratories, Perth, Western Australia...north-west o f Yinnietharra, Western Australia. Associated minerals are corundum, dravite, and sillimanite...and K e m p t o n of Carnarvon, Western Australia submitted to the Western Australian Government Chemical...locality was given as 20 miles north-west of Yinnietharra (24 ~ 32' S., I I 6 ~ 9' E.) three miles south... In September I97i, while collecting in the Yinnietharra area, P. Bridge was taken by R. Williamson,
Journal (issue)
Dunn and Daniel Appleman The Dravite Crystal Bonanza of Yinnietharra, Western A u s tra lia ..............to slip the paper, as well as the accompanying dravite paper, into the pegmatite issue anyway. This issue...of the century the pegmatite “sheet” of south­ western Maine produced fine gem minerals at many separate...the pocket, and the apatite crystals lining the upper surfaces of the pocket although this was not the...in lower half, rimmed by blue and purple zones; upper half of crystal is completely colorless) from Panasqueira
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Gerais, Brazil, and right: dravite, 12 cm, Yinnietharra, Western Australia; (b) foitite, 11 cm, Garnet...quartz (gray), Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, John Slack photo; (b) transmitted plane-polarized...California, San Diego] at 03:56 02 March 2016 Dravite Schorl Foitite Olenite Elbaite Fluor-liddicoatite...The famous occurrence of dravite (see table) at Yinnietharra, Western Australia (Bridge, Daniels, and Pryce...hydrothermal veins, which is common black schorl-dravite solid solution, Lower Bostraze, Saint Just; (d)
Report (issue)
Dravite NaMg3 Al6 (BO3 )3 Si6 O18 (OH)4 c 2001 ° Mineral Data Publishing, version 1.2 Crystal Data:...Brazil. Large crystals from Yinnietharra, 800 km north of Perth, Western Australia. At Osarara, Narok district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the elbaite-schorl series and Nos. 9-10 of the dravite-uvite-.schorl series. Afghanistan This fragment...distinguished: X Na Na Na Na Na Ca Ca Ca Ca Elbaite Dravite Schorl Tsilaisite Buergerite Liddicoatite Uvite...and is very limited i~ the elbaite(liddicoatite)-dravite(uvite) series. Vladykin et al. (1975) illustrated...explanation to the limited elbaite(liddicoatite)-dravite(uvite) isomorphism is suggested by Donnay On Donnay...schod. His values for the synthetic e|baite and dravite are virtually identical with those of their natural
Report (edition)
SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia FRONTISPIECE Euhedral black dravite tourmaline... MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA by J Michael Fetherston, Susan M Stocklmayer...Stocklmayer Perth 2013 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA MINISTER FOR MINES AND PETROLEUM Hon. Norman...EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Rick Rogerson REFERENCE The recommended reference...VC 2013, Gemstones of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE ARC,HAEAN ,ROCKS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Downloaded by [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 15:37 24 August 2017...GREEN Box 593, P.O. Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia Estimating the 3Jges of rocks has always been...territories was the vast PreCambrian Shield of Western Australia. Here wide areas of rocks were believed to...complexes with a satisfactory exactitude. In Western Australia this is becoming a masterpiece of Geology...astounding results have been achieved. As stated, the Western Australian PreCambrian shield is vast. Now it is
Report (edition)
maps produced by the Geological Survey of Western Australia are available from: Information Centre Department...Bulletin 25 GEMSTONES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA Gemstones of Western Australia second edition While systematically...authoritative, the second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is written not only for the professional geologist...et al. The second edition of Gemstones of Western Australia is an updated version published in response...formal inception of the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) in 1896. In this second joint publication
Journal (issue)
Affiliated Associations: Genu:nological Association of Australia: Canadian Genu:nological Association: Rhodesian...would be the Mica Creek Pegmatite near Mt Isa, Australia. Here, a near-vertical pegmatite outcrops in schistose...Stouffenbach) are situated in the shelly sandstone of the upper marine molasse. T h e profile of the building-stone...and PRYCE (M. W.). The dravite crystal bonanza of Tinnietharra, Western Australia. Mineralogical Record...Record, 1977,8,2, 109-110. Dravite is found enclosed in a phlogopite-plagioclase schist, the plagioclase being
Report (issue)
Alexander U. Falster and William B. Simmons ‱ Dravite from Qarusulik, Ameralik Fjord in Southwestern.......73 Asia ..............................78 Australia ......................... 82 Europe (east) .....varieties came into use: rubellite (1794) and Upper: "lndicolite" from Goshen, Massachusetts was purchased...Tschermak later focused on tourmaline and named dravite, the third of the currently accepted tourmaline...accepted tourmaline species: schorl, elbaite and dravite. Quensel and Gabrielson (1939) revised Riggs' (1888)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solidsolutionseries:schorl-draviteand schorl-elbaite. dravite and elbaite (Deer et al., 1962).For this reason...analyses. (2) There is no reliance on a Alkali-free Dravite tT Schorl Buergerite ti^^ 1, ofo a' a a ai'...Buergerite ,{T l-b. 'i .5 I ! 4t I t !l Dravite Mg Fe(tot) Fig. 2. Ca-Fe(totFMg diagram (molecular...tourmaline composition falls below the schorl-dravite line i.e. Fe3* is a likely major substituent of...tourmalines in the schorl-dravite series with even small amountsof the dravite componenthave very little
Journal (issue)
2, p. 100-108.] The dravite crystal bonanza of Yinnietharra, Western Australia [1977, vol. 8, no. 2... without surcharge, to the following people: Australia Piers Foa, Kovac’s G. & M. 291-293 Wattletree...Tschermak named a new species of tourmaline dravite. Dravite was found near the little village of Dobrava...of distinct species: buergerite, chromdravite, dravite, elbaite, ferridravite, liddicoatite, schorl and...to occur naturally: buergerite, chromdravite, dravite, elbaite, ferridravite, liddicoatite, schorl and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basis of mond, Hervey Range,North Queensland,Australia, have 3l(O,OH,D assuming that all of the Fe is...respectively. parameterswere those of V-bearing dravite (Foit and RoDrscussroN senberg,1979). Neutral-atom...STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS 5 (liddicoatite, uvite, and dravite) have the smallest 3a sitesand the most distorted...decreasein the O(4)-TO(5) angle from 105.7"in aluminous dravite (AD2) to l0l .2'in Ca-rich uvite becauseof a shorteningof...alkali-deficient schorl relative to that in Cr-bearing dravite, schorl, tsilaisite, and buergeriteall of which
Book
CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia = _ |) VieBAtO TATA JARS LIPOW Si. ao sĂ© ... CLASSIC MINERAL LOCALITIES OF THE WORLD Asia and Australia Philip Scalisi David Cook VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD...Nostrand Reinhold Australia Pty. Ltd. 17 Queen Street Mitcham, Victoria 3132, Australia Van Nostrand Reinhold...Classic mineral localities of the world, Asia and Australia. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Mines and...resources—Asia. 2. Mines and mineral resources—Australia. 3. Mines and mineral resources—Soviet Union
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluor-schorl “Oxy-schorl”* Dravite Fluor-dravite “Oxy-dravite”* Chromium-dravite Vanadium-dravite Povondraite Elbaite...tourmalines with X-site charge below +0.5. This upper limit presumably reflects a crystallochemical limitation...mineralogist F-dominant alkali-group tourmalines: fluor-dravite, fluor-schorl, “fluor-elbaite” and fluor-buergerite...layer in a leucocratic orthogneiss from Nedvědice, western Moravia, Czech Republic. These tourmaline compositions...generally fall in the ranges of fluor-schorl to fluor-dravite. Laurs et al. (1996) included information on tourmaline
Catalog/List
ÂŁ4.5Op 5. ANGLESITE. Broken Hill, N.S. Wales, Australia. Small sharp clear sparkling crystals co,eIl a...SCHOLZITE. Reaphook Hill, Flinders Range, S. Australia. Creamy-white sharp needly crystals to t" in length...x1t", ÂŁ11.00 TOURMALINE variety DRAVITE. Yinnietharra, W. Australia. Select lustrous browm sharp dOUbly
Catalog/List
AZURITE. Crowl Creek, Nr. Cobar, N.S. Wales, Australia.. . Bright, sparkling, blue crystals mostly around...CER~~GYRITE variety Embolite. Broken Hill, N.S. Wales, Australia. Pure, olive green, cellular crystaline mass with...ERYTHnITE. Mount Cobalt, SelvJYD h3P~es, ueensland, Australia. Choice, light pinkish red aggregates of needly...3ttoched. l~xlxl". £3.25. ‱ TOUh~~LUiE variety Dravite. Yinnietharra, W‱‱ ustralia. Choi~e, sharp, well developed
Catalog/List
ÂŁ2.25. 21. CASSITERITE. Elsmore, N.S. Wales, Australia. Specimen A - A very choice, lustrous, deep brownish...2fxl-txlt". 1:3.25. CHRVSOTILE. Dundns, Tasmania; Australia. select, silky, fibrous veinlets running in parallel...CB.OO; DUNDASITE. Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Pale creamy micro crystalised crusts richly encrusting...ÂŁ4.50. HEULANDITE. Coonabarabran, N.S. Wales, Australia. Lustrous, reddish brown, sharp crystals to 1;-"...Coombing Park Copper Mine, Nr. Carcoar, N.S.Wales, Australia. Rich, deep green, mamillary crust covering dark
Catalog/List
ÂŁ1.50. CROCOITE. Kapi Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia. Specimen A - Lustrous, orangey sharp elongeted...ÂŁ4.50. CUBANITE. Tumut District, N.S. Wales, Australia. Rich, light brassy, metallic masses intergrown...Harp of Erin.~ine, Wolfram Camp, q8eensland,.Australia. Fine, pure lustrous silvery grey thick platy...I-tx1". ÂŁ1.25. TOURMALINE variety DRAVITE. Yinnietharra, W. Australia. Select sharp doubly terminated lustrous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmalines that are known to fluoresce include dravite, elbaite, liddicoatite, rossmanite, and uvite....to be found in some specimens. Dravites from Yinnietharra do not consistently fluoresce, but they may...inclusions. Gem dravite from Jajakot, Nepal has white to creamy white SW fluorescence. Because dravite may have...ferrous content, most brown dravite does not fluoresce, and black dravite has not been observed to fluoresce...weakmoderate in LW (LW 390). Cinnamon-colored uvite/dravite from Jones farm, Gouvernour, New York, exhibits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
properties of ironbearing tourmalines (elbaite, dravite, uvite, schorl) do not vary smoothly with iron...chemical variation is found in the dravite(uvite)-schorl series. For dravite X = N a and Y = M g ; for uvite...affected by changes in composition in the uvite-dravite series. The major substitutions of interest include...Fe 3 + can occur in both the Y and Z sites. The dravite(uvite)-schorl series will be emphasized in this...Mt, Riverside Co, CA Syndenham, Ontario Yinnietharra, Australia Bryant Lake, NY Minas Gerais, Brazil Blue
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Type HS 108796 Dravite HS 112566 Schorl 4 HS HS 98144 108491 Elbaite Dravite 5 HS 86321 Uvite...Jack Creek Schorl 11 12 CMN CMN +YJCO 43293 Dravite Buergerite 13 CMN CMN CMN CMN RK RK RK RK RK...o-T16-92 Dravite Dravite Dravite Uvite Schorl Schorl Schorl Schorl Schorl Schorl Dravite J 1A t3 to...1J this study Ru-f 17-92 Dravite 25 this study Ru-T18-92 Dravite 26 27 this study this study...study SMFALLS DLUXl Dravite Schorl 28. this study RT12 Schorl 29 30 HS HS tJtvcc LCW2356 Schorl
Journal (issue)
Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement To The Mineralogical Record, September–October 2020 ... Mineral Collections in Australia Organized by Robert Sielecki Designed by Wendell Wilson with Photography...September–October, 2020 Mineral Collections in Australia A Supplement to The Mineralogical Record September–October...Corporation mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. Collection of the Australian Museum; ex Albert...Gold: Top row from left: ‱ 6 cm, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia; Lee Spencer collection, John Chapman photo
Journal (issue)
Liddicoatite Ca (Li,AI)3 Al6 B3 Uvite Mg3 Dravite 326 327 Na Ca AI5MgB3 Figure 1: General view...lies about half-way in the isomorphous series dravite-uvite which involves a coupled substitution between...this Umba valley tourmaline as a calcium-bearing dravite until we understand the exact nature of the substitutions...(Figure 5f) appears more disturbed and, in the upper part {Figure 5f, zone r), the presence of small...rapid rate. On the other hand, the median and the upper part of the sample have a shorter time to adapt
Journal (issue)
results proved the tourmalines to be members of the dravite-uvite series with a ratio of 78:22. ISSN: 0022-1252...from Voi-Taveta area are Mg-Al tourmalines of the dravite-uvite series, with Na/Ca ratios ranging from 3...to 0.80 wt% of Ti0 2 . So far this is the first dravite-uvite tourmaline with such low Fe content. On some...assumption that no solid solution exists between dravite and elbaite as already reported in literature (Epprecht...Chemical composition of Dravite-Uvite tourmalines (Mg-Al-tourmalines) Dravite NaMg3Al6((B03)3Si6018) (OH)4
 
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