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Tourmaline from
Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified, Polarised-light microscopy
XRD
XRF
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Granville mine (Granville East prospect), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1258251
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1258251:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘSt Dizier mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
9.6km (5.9 miles) ⓘReece Dam (Lower Pieman dam), West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
14.2km (8.8 miles) ⓘFederation workings, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘMontagu mine (Donaghues Workings; Mr M. Bullens Mine; Mulcahy and Bullen; Section 6660M), Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
16.2km (10.1 miles) ⓘTrial Harbour Tip, Trial Harbour district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘSweeney's mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
16.7km (10.4 miles) ⓘGlobe Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘAvebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine), Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
18.3km (11.4 miles) ⓘOrient Mine, Mt Heemskirk mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
21.7km (13.5 miles) ⓘQueen Hill, Heemskirk Tin Project, Zeehan mineral field, Zeehan mining district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
R Bottrill, (in prep 2018)
 
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