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Cloncurryite from
Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia


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Cloncurryite, etc.

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite, etc.

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite, etc.

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite, etc.

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite, etc.

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite, etc.

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Cloncurryite

Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Locality type:Open-Cast Mine
Classification
Species:Cloncurryite
Formula:Cu0.5(VO)0.5Al2(PO4)2F2 · 5H2O
Comments:One only confirmed find in 1999 by Volker Hoppe
Habit:Monoclinic
Colour:Sky blue to colourless
Luminescent properties:No
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Very Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Cuprite6
Hentschelite4
Quartz3
Libethenite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cloncurryite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Australia Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (19 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:390733
Long-form Identifier:1:3:390733:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Colchester, D.M., Leverett, P., McKinnon, A.R., Sharpe, J.L., Williams, P.A., Hibbs, D.E., Turner, P. & Hoppe, V.H. (2007) Cloncurryite, Cu0.56(VO)0.44Al2(PO4)2(F,OH)2.5H2O, a new mineral from the Great Australia mine, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, an its relationship to nevadaite. Australian Journal of Mineralogy: 13 (1): 5-13. https://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/AJM13_5.pdf
 
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