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Apatite from
Tom's Quarry, Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia


Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Xanthoxenite1
Ushkovite1
Natrodufrénite1
Leucophosphite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tom's Quarry, Koonunga, Light Regional Council, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:111761
Long-form Identifier:1:3:111761:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
16.3km (10.1 miles) ⓘMoculta Phosphate Quarry, Penrice, Barossa Council, South Australia, Australia
38.3km (23.8 miles) ⓘPara River South, Williamstown, Barossa Council, South Australia, Australia
43.7km (27.2 miles) ⓘDeloraine Mine, Deloraine Goldfields, Kersbrook, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘStockyard Gully Mines, City of Playford, South Australia, Australia
51.3km (31.9 miles) ⓘGumeracha Quarry, Gumeracha, Adelaide Hills Council, South Australia, Australia
66.6km (41.4 miles) ⓘMannum Falls, Reedy Creek, Mannum, Mid Murray Council, South Australia, Australia
71.6km (44.5 miles) ⓘBrukunga Quarry, District Council of Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia
99.8km (62.0 miles) ⓘMcLaren Vale Quarries (Olivers Phosphate Quarry), McLaren Vale, City of Onkaparinga, South Australia, Australia
References
Pilkington, E. S., Segnit, E. R., Watts, J. A. (1982) Peisleyite, a new sodium aluminium sulphate phosphate. Mineralogical Magazine, 46 (341) 449-452 doi:10.1180/minmag.1982.046.341.07
Frost, R.L., S.J. Mills, and K.L. Erickson, (2004), Thermal decomposition of peisleyite: a thermogravimetry and hot stage Raman spectroscopic study. Thermochimica Acta, 419(1-2): p. 109-114.
 
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