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Topaz from
Pakenham, Cardinia Shire, Victoria, Australia


Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Comments:May refer to Oriental topaz.
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pakenham, Cardinia Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:11106
Long-form Identifier:1:3:11106:9
GUID (UUID V4):b3b5d4af-fb4f-4b6d-8019-304ab410502d
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
17.2km (10.7 miles) Emerald diggings, Emerald, Cardinia Shire, Victoria, Australia
34.8km (21.6 miles) Quartz Creek, Gentle Annie, Baw Baw Shire, Victoria, Australia
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Anderson, C., 1908. Mineralogical notes. No. VI. Topaz, beryl, anglesite, rutile, atacamite, pyrite. Records...College Street, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia MINERALOGICAL NOTES: No. VI.-TOPAZ, B~JItYL, ANGLESITE, HUTILE...A., B.Sc., Mineralogist. (Plates xiii.-xvi.). TOPAZ Cow FLAT, NEAR TORRINGTON, NEW SOUTH WALES (Plate...accompanied by crystallised quartz and three smaller topaz crystals, at Fielder's Hill. The habit is stout...QUEENSLAND. (Plate xiii., figs. 3, 4.) At Stanthorpe, topaz is usually found as waterworn pebbles without crystalline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zoological Society of London (1941). Messrs. Moreau and Pakenham in this study have raised the question of the...actinolite, tremolite, hypersthene, tourmaline, and topaz, which are commonly found in the beach and alluvial...tourmaline, and sillimanite are fairly frequently noted. Topaz is present in a number of sediments. Slight differences...not found in the Protectorate. The presence of topaz was not recorded in Tanganyika. The distance that...flood brought down abundant ilmenite and kyanite. Topaz was absent and muscovite and hornblende were not
Report (issue)
5. List of Papers, p. 7. Australia generally New South Wales Victoria : Queensland Subject Index...Index, p. 60; : Subject Index, p. 86 : Western Australia Locality Index, p. 75. Locality Index, p. 95...95. ; Subject Index, p. 102; South Australia: Tasmania: : . Locality Index, p. 110. Subject Index...a different name. Agam, in a new country like Australia, it is often necessary to christen a new mining...occurrences. A case in point may be cited from South Australia. Wulfenite is recorded from “ Mount Lyndhurst
Report (issue)
. . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pakenham quarry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . Bridge over Mississippi River in Pakenham . . . . . . . . . . Lime kilns at Jamieson quarry...qua rries ; Desc h e n es , Levin e , P embroke, Pakenham qua rr ies. MacMill an qu arry, Hig hwa y 17 o... Bridge over Mississippi River in Pakenham (GSC 153197). Pakenham. Quarry FOSSILS, CALCITE, CHERT...five-span stone bridge over the Mississippi River in Pakenham. The bridge was built in 1901 and is said to be
Book (edition)
the Jacinth, the Oriental Onyx, the Peridot, the Topaz, and the Zircon. Some of these, especially the...Stones are Found. discovered than elsewhere. Australia may, some day, prove a formidable rival to these...form. In Ceylon, India, Burma, Siam, Brazil, Australia, Montana, Siberia, and South Africa— from which...mentioned by Job, with the Coral, Pearls, Rubles, and Topaz o f Ethiopia ; and the place in which some were...praises and supernatural power of the Agate, the Topaz, the spring-green Jasper, Amber, Chrysolite, Coral
Report (issue)
Humphreys feldspar mine Currie barite occurrence Pakenham quarry Cedar Hill soapstone occurrence Galetta... 9. Limestone bridge over Mississippi River, Pakenham Grinding mill, Virgin (Dempseys) Lake celestine...nearby quarries; Deschênes, Lavigne, Pembroke, Pakenham quarries; Deux Rivières, Mattawa outliers. Lake...Junction, Lanark County Road 20 (at Antrim) to Pakenham quarry (p. 8) and Cedar Hill soapstone occurrence...occurrence (p. 12). km 35.5 Junction, Highway 15 to Pakenham. km 38.1 Junction, White Lake Road (Renfrew
Book
Survey Report 102 Industrial minerals and rocks of Victoria I. W. McHaffie & R. W. Buckley 1995 Geological...Survey Report 102 Industrial minerals and rocks of Victoria I. W. McHaffie & R. W. Buckley 1995 Bibliographic...and rocks of Victoria. Geological Survey of Victoria Report 102.  Crown (State of Victoria) Copyright...Geological Survey of Victoria ISSN 0817 4725 ISBN 0 7306 7474 6 Keywords: Victoria, industrial minerals...purchased from: Information Victoria, 318 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne Victoria 3000. or Business Centre
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A. Jobbins Butterworth-Heinemann Gem Books Topaz m(JTTERWORTH EINEMANN Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd...Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Hoover, D. B. Topaz. - (Butterworth-Heinemann Gem Books Series) I. Title...Profile xii 1 Topaz - Historical perspectives 1 Introduction 1 Etymology of topaz 1 Topaz in ancient times...times 3 Topaz in Roman times 8 The Dark Ages 12 The Middle Age~ - topaz changes colour The beginning of...of empiricism 15 13 2 Large and important topaz gems and crystals 20 Introduction 20 Giant uncut crystals
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crystals also need long periods under suitable topaz crystals, can grow directly from hot gases, which...colors of the rainbow before it ABOVE: Imperial topaz, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil ° 3.3 x 2.7 x...CHANGING PLANET Hardness 5 Hardness 8 Fluorapatite Topaz Hardness 6 Hardness 9 Microcline Corundum encke...feather. Cerussite, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia * 7 x 6 x 6 cm Epidote, Brazil * 7 x 75 x Reniform...crystallize in the orthorhombic system include olivine, topaz, barite (baryte) and marcasite. Pushing on an edge
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2. Brazil .... 3. South Africa 4. Borneo 5. Australia 0. North America 7. British Guiana 8. Urals ....beryl (Aq uamarine, ive.) . Euclase Phenakite . Topaz . Zircon . Garnet Group . Hessonite Spessartite...338 . 330, 338 cut Precious opal, rough : Australia 375, 382 Fire-opal, rough „ Brazil PLATE XVII...(Following p. 376.) Topaz, blue crystal : Urals . Labradorite, polished TOPAZ AND EUCLASE Fig. 1...Ex¬ 252 celsior,” weight 971-J carats. From “ Victoria ” diamond of 4574- carats from South Africa
Journal (issue)
found in other parts of the world, i.e. America, Australia and central Africa. In Europe these prehistoric...red spinel, pyrope garnet, alexandrite, emerald, topaz, jadeite, 353 nephrite, demantoid and uvarovite...described. Experiences with quartz, beryl, spinel, topaz, spodumene, enstatite and euclase are referred to...centres this year included :—London and provinces, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong,...Waller-Davies, J. M., Eastbourne. Watts, M. (Miss), Pakenham. Wells, R. A., Buffalo. Whitley, P., London. Worth
Journal (issue)
Paris, France Bill Birch Museum of Victoria Melbourne, Australia Michael P. Cooper Nottingham, England...KooWeeRup on July 21, 2005. Born in the nearby town of Pakenham on November 18, 1928, Brian lived in the area...of the private mineral-collecting boom hitting Australia at the time. He was soon able to build a fine...of which he sold to the then National Museum of Victoria in 1974. One of Brian’s greatest loves was gold...had become a popular recreational pastime in Australia and many new nuggets were being found. Brian’s
Book (edition)
Tourmaline Andalusite, Fibrolite, Cyanite .^7rT. Topaz, Euclase Datolite, Sphene Staurolite. . . 309...prominently prismatic only in one direction, as in topaz, and then the axis in this direction is made the...cleavable variety; r 7, quartz, transparent variety; 8, topaz, transparent cr} scleavable diamond. tal; 9, sapphire...power of electric attraction for many hours, as topaz, while others lose it in a few minutes. Many minerals...peculiar electric property, especially boracite and topaz, which, like tourmaline, are Jiemiliedral in their
Report (issue)
Ser., p . 43 ). In pegmatite, Homestake and Victoria p rop e rti es , Rocher D eboul e Mountain, H...in a separate group of veins . One vein in the Victoria Mine is about 5 feet wide , a n d is essentially...Surv . Can . , is reported to have been found on Australia Mountain, about 16 miles east of Granville . The...River which flows northeast into Cowichan Bay, Victoria district (R.A . A . Johnston, 1915: Geol. Surv... IV, 22 T ). 3 1 D/10 Summerville Township, Victoria County (G . C . Hoffmann , 1888 - 9: Geo l. Surv
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
N. P lant.) I t forms p a rt of the report of Pakenham and Plant, pp. 23, q. v. London, 1867. AGASSIZ...HERMILLO CANDIDO DA COSTA: E strada de ferro da Victoria para Minas. Relatorio apresentado ao Ulm. e Exm...und Liebhaber der Edelsteins. (Diamonds, 106-132; Topaz, 157-165; Emerald, 165-176, etc.) S tuttgart, 1832...the structure and properties of the B rasilian topaz. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society...de Jan. de 1799. (In the science library of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Sept. 29, 1904. I t
Book (volume)
D. Bruce Biocon Research Group, Turramurra, Australia. R. Bündgen Department of Ornithology, Alexander...Olsen Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. J. L. Petersen Owl Research Institute, Missoula...that the problem of long isolation extends to Australia, devastated as it is by rabbits, cats and foxes...necessarily require massive trees; but in parts of Australia even moderate-sized species depend on extremely...parrot and one species of cockatoo in south-west Australia. Emu 94: 149-155. Milberg, P. & Tyrberg, T. (1993)
Book (edition)
Mispickel or Arsenical-pyrites, Native Sulphur, Topaz, Staurolite, Arragonite, Heavy spar, Celestine,...9. 10. PART 15 I. FELDSPAR. ROCK CRYSTAL. TOPAZ. CORUNDUM. THE DIAMOND. In order to ascertain...Canada Mine, Albert Mine, Capel or Eldorado Mine, Victoria Mine, Marrington Mine, Griffith's Mine, Clark...According to the Reports of Hastings, Peterborough, Victoria, &c. the Geological Survey, it has been found...aspect is most commonly vitreous, resino-vitreous, topaz). or stony, pearly, but the micas and some few other
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are globally threatened, and Norfolk Island (to Australia) supports 39 species, with 16 globally threatened...355 parrots and 190 pelagic seabirds). Australia In Australia, too, common and widespread birds have...Murray-Darling Basin (covering a large part of south-east Australia). Woodland, grassland and heathland bird populations...Unknown surveys of waterbirds across eastern Australia also show that their overall numbers are much...tenuirostris) since then (D. Rogers in litt. 2009). In Australia, urban encroachment into Swift Par- rot (Lathamus
Book (volume)
Enumeratio (C. F.) & Zeyher (C. L. P.) Africae Australia extratropicae quse colexpositor a C. F. Ecklon...EDEN (CHARLES HENRY) Journey across the western Australia With an introduction and . additions by C. H....(P. E.) 8. 1875. of . . EDGEWORTH (MICHAEL PAKENHAM) [1812-1881] Plants found in the Banda district...Bark. J. Alexander. on the Vegetation of Western Australia. A. M. ix. Note Robertson. x. The formation and...General map of the Nile Valley from Berber to Victoria Nyanza Scale 1 2,500,000, or 1 in. = 39'46 m.
Book (volume)
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic South Australia Ind. Indiana S.C. South Carolina Kan. S...Virginia Mont. N.B. N.C. N.D. N.H. Montana Vic. Victoria New Brunswick North Carolina North Dakota Vt...Vt. Vermont W.A. W.Va. Western Australia British Mich. N.J. N.M. Columbia District of Columbia...Austral Islands T2- -962 2 Australasia T2- -9 Australia 994 T2- -94 Australian aboriginal languages 499...Valley (Calif. Central Auckland (N.Z.) Central Australia Central banks Central Bantu languages T2- -396
Book (volume)
Department, 1868-1888. Formerly Curator of the Royal Victoria Museum, Netley. Author of Monograph of the Asiatic...Sheep {in part). culture and Rural Economy of Australia and New Zealand; Farming Industries of Cape Colony;...by George IV. of England (and restored by Queen Victoria) to the memory of James II. of England, who after...which he lived and died was presented by Queen Victoria to Napoleon III., who had it restored to the con¬...are the Taylor Park of 48 acres, and the smaller Victoria and Thatto Heath Parks. This is the principal
Book (edition)
extremity of South America below 25° S., and Australia, together with the islands of the East Indies...occidental and but the latter, through Africa and Australia, has two oriental southern prolongations, making...line mentioned the islands are but fragments of Australia, the water being no deeper than over the submerged...number : ; Through the East India Islands Australia is approximately connected with Asia, nearly as...Occidental, and Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, or the Australia, the third. ; : — Oriental. These
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scornful. The stone, he said, was nothing more than a topaz: so sure of this was he that he offered to buy Lorenzo...They came from the goldfields of America and Australia, from the back streets of Bermondsey and Hamburg...his followers that they could not fight Queen Victoria and refused to continue as President. The collapse...with mixed motives. ‘Diggers from America and Australia, German speculators, Fenian head-centres, traders...Proclamation of their own. They swore loyalty to Queen Victoria and announced their intention to protect life
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earth's CONTOUE AND SURFACE SUBDIVISIONS. 17 and Australia, together with the islands of the East Indies...and Eurasia; but the latter, through Africa and Australia, has two southern prolongations, making, in all...exceeding 300 feet, while New Guinea is a part of Australia. In like to a line manner, the Falkland Islands...PAUMOTU "ET/i^a*-, ^..henuakei. '?-'>M ( to/ AUSTRALIA N.S. ., \20%'>i2-- V— >.,9;16>.r " . 2...16;974^ Sjdnej/'/ 25 . 30 30 -.'N 30\'V ^ri 'VICTORIA MARIA THERESA 24 21 \ 1 ^ 16 Jtasmania ^
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extremity of South America below 25° S., and Australia, together with the islands of the ; GENERAL...occidental and oriental but the through Africa and Australia, has two southern prolongations, making in all...mentioned, the islands are but fragments of Australia, the water being no deeper than over the Depth...Africa, a second Through the East India Islands, Australia America, one the third. ; in Aus- ; is...two, cidental, and Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, or the Oriental. These great masses of land are
 
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