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Spessartine from
Melbourne Rockwell mine, Little Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Spessartine
Formula:Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spessartine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Melbourne Rockwell mine, Little Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:959411
Long-form Identifier:1:3:959411:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Spessartine
14.9km (9.3 miles) ⓘZinc Corporation Mine (ZC Mine), Southern operations Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.0km (9.3 miles) ⓘCentral Mine (Block 9; ML 9), Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘKintore opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.2km (9.4 miles) ⓘNo. 3 Lens (No. 3 lead lens), Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘNorth Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘBroken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.3km (9.5 miles) ⓘCBH Rasp Mine (Rasp Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.4km (9.6 miles) ⓘBlock 10 (ML 10), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘBlackwood opencut, MMM Mine, Broken Hill South Mine (BHS Mine; South Mine), Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
15.5km (9.6 miles) ⓘBlock 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
References
Birch, W. D., Burke, E. A. J., Wall, V. J., Etheridge, M. A. (1988) Ecandrewsite, the zinc analogue of ilmenite, from Little Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, and the San Valentin Mine, Sierra de Cartegena, Spain. Mineralogical Magazine, 52 (365) 237-240 doi:10.1180/minmag.1988.052.365.10
 
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