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Diopside from
Mordor Intrusive Complex, Sandover, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mordor Intrusive Complex, Sandover, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1362194
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1362194:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
4.3km (2.7 miles) ā“˜Paddy's Jump Up Prospect, Ross River Resort, MacDonnell Region, Northern Territory, Australia
49.9km (31.0 miles) ā“˜Oonagalabi Prospect, Mount Mabel, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
55.7km (34.6 miles) ā“˜Mistral Ruby Mine (Hillrise Prospect), Spriggs Creek Bore (Spriggs Bore), Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
57.7km (35.9 miles) ā“˜Yambla Prospect, Harding Springs, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
58.1km (36.1 miles) ā“˜Harry Creek Prospect (Harry Bore; Snake Well; Baldissera's Prospect; Iona), Strangways Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
62.1km (38.6 miles) ā“˜Mud Tank Vermiculite Mine, Alcoota Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
63.0km (39.1 miles) ā“˜Mud Tank Zircon Field, Alcoota Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
81.3km (50.5 miles) ā“˜Last Chance Mica Mine, Coggan Bore, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
83.5km (51.9 miles) ā“˜Coggan Bore, Ambalindum Station, Harts Range, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia
References
Langworthy, Alan P., Black, Lance P. (1978) The Mordor Complex: A highly differentiated potassic intrusion with kimberlitic affinities in central Australia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 67 (1) 51-62 doi:10.1007/bf00371633
Jaques, A. L., Creaser, R. A., Ferguson, J., & Smith, C. B. (1985). A review of the alkaline rocks of Australia. Verhandelinge van die Geologiese Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, 88(2), 311-334.
Nelson, D. R., Black, L. P., & McCulloch, M. T. (1989). Ndā€pb isotopic characteristics of the mordor complex, northern territory: Midā€proterozoic potassic magmatism from an enriched mantle source. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 36(4), 541-551.
 
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