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Topaz from
Mount Surprise, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Topaz
Formula:Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Topaz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Surprise, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1264120
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1264120:8
GUID (UUID V4):b0973e23-a28a-4660-801d-2c710ec43c9d
Localities for Topaz in this Region
Blue Hills, Mount Surprise, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
Oā€™Briens Creek Fossicking Area, Mount Surprise, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
31.6km (19.7 miles) ā“˜Blue Hills, Mount Surprise, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
36.0km (22.4 miles) ā“˜Oā€™Briens Creek Fossicking Area, Mount Surprise, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia
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Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia IAN T. GRAHAM1,2 ROSS E POGSON1 1 Geoscience...College Street, Sydney New South Wales 2010, Australia ian.graham@austmus.gov.au ross.pogson@austmus...New South Wales, Sydney New South Wales 2052, Australia Figure 1. The Albert Chapman Mineral Collection...the finest crystallized specimens ever found in Australia, representing an important part of Australiaā€™s...CHAPMAN Albert Chapman was born in Mackay, north Queensland, in 1912. His father was a sea captain and amateur
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felsic I-type granites: an example from northern Queensland David C. Champion and Bruce W. Chappell Transactions...felsic I-type granites: an example from northern Queensland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh:...felsic I-type granites: an example from northern Queensland David C. Champion and Bruce W. Chappell ABSTRACT:...developed over an area of 15,000 km2 in northern Queensland. These granites have been subdivided into four...northern Queensland (Fig. 1). The Carboniferous I-type granites (CIG) of the Mount Surprise-Herberton
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Pty Ltd PO Box 537, Torrensville Plaza, South Australia 5031 i'8 MINELAB Visit our website www.minelab...OFFER Fabulous books about the Golden Age of Australia 's prospecting pioneers BOOK & VIDEO REVIEWS Add...some copies will appear in! HUNTING FOR GEMS IN QUEENSLAND A wrap-up of w here to go and what you 'll find...personal alarm Proudly distributed throughout Australia by Macson Trading Company Pty Ltd Tel (03) 9489...gold nuggets? With the use of metal detectors in Australia beginning in the mid-1970s, it was nuggets that
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even better TOURING FOR TOPAZ They listened to the experts but managed to find topaz anyway Managing Editor...& power cable. Proudly distributed throughout Australia TM by Macson Trading Company Pty Ltd Tel {0~)...been he East Kimberly Gold.fields in Western Australia are well worth a dry-season visit when the weather... . Plan your exploration Reference to the Australia 1:100,000 Topographic Survey maps (Halls Creek...Duncan Court, Ottoway Park, Adelaide, SA, 5013, Australia Ph (08) 8440 3399 Fax (08) 8447 1144 Toll Free
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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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Russia, and China), and Australia. The major sources for diamonds were Australia, central and southern...Canada. Cultured pearls from French Polynesia, Australia, and China became increasingly important, as production...nephrite], opal, peridot, quartz, spinel, tanzanite, topaz, and tourmaline). Locality information is both summarized...(southern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, South America). Although there has been some...demand when large quantities of irradiated blue topaz created an inexpensive alternative during the 1980s
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Chattanooga, Tennessee A. J. A. (Bram) Janse Perth, Australia Michael S. Krzemnicki Basel, Switzerland Christopher...diamonds (0.51 and 0.55 ct) from the Argyle mine in Australia were part of the 2007 Argyle pink diamonds tender...channel in 1996, when its Argyle operation in Australia ended its sales agreement with the DTC (Shor,...reached the market (Shor and Weldon, 2009). Australia, Jewelmer in the Philippines, and Perles de Tahiti...Pearl Production. By 2000, pearl producers in Australia, Indonesia, French Polynesia (Tahiti), and China
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either chrysoberyl with a hardness of 8 Vi, or topaz with a hardness of 8; both members of the semi-precious...sourcesā€”whether in Brazil or Colombia, Africa or Sri Lanka, Australia or Afghanistanā€”have undergone, across the board...situation like this. Suppose you show a customer a topaz, or a diamond ring, and when you tell her the price...the naming of opal, long overdue, not least in Australia. (Tire opaP is used in the American sense of a... 13,12,390,3 figs, 1979. An agate from Tara, Queensland, had a superficially radial structure suggesting
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+ 4, Mineral Fe # ā€” of Australia andā„¢ Papua New Guinea ...O02unse Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea The COVER PHOTOGRAPH shows...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 1. Metals 6.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 2. Coal 7...Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 3. Petroleum 8.* Economic Geology of Australia Guinea ā€” 4. Industrial...New Zealand Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and 1982 Eds D.A. Berkman and W. Ryall Ed. D
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the pearl was undrilled, an adhesive was used to mount it into a ring for display at an exhibition in Bahrain...coast of Australia (Mount Surprise in Queensland is the largest topaz-producing area in Australia), in the...yellow, brown, blue, pink or violet. Most studies on topaz are focused on the crystallographic (Zemann et ah...(EPR) (Dewonck, 1996). Features of Mexican topaz Topaz-bearing rhyolites are common in Mexico. They...They are mainly marketed for mineral and sale. Topaz presents various crystal habits, well for mineral
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green varieties) until recently. Thus it came as a surprise when during the lapse of the last three years...varieties of the columbite series was an unexpected surprise. For the sake of completion, and to emphasize...glance with natural stones such as amethyst or topaz, their high dispersion was easily detectable as...is characteristic for pegmatite minerals, like topaz and spodumene (Figure 6). However, these observations...exploration in Australia, India, China, U.S.A., and U.S.S.R.; ruby in Kenya, Australia and Pakistan; sapphires
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aGlass and colorless minerals, such as zircon, topaz, and quartz, are not included in this table because...larger than the difference between corundum and topaz (Mohs 8). Because of this disparity, synthetic moissanite...Conference, Abstracts, Sydney, Geological Society of Australia, pp. 409ā€“411. Nakashima S., Matsunami H., Yoshida...later in the United States (Linde, Regency), Australia (Biron), and Russia (Pough, 1965; Flanigen et...Birkner, Biron Corp., Balcatta, Australia; Dr. G. Brown, Brisbane, Australia; W. Galia, Bergisch Gladbach
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Gese, Diann D. Mineral resources of a part of the Mount Pennell wilderness study area (UT-050-248), Garfield...Structure Factor Measurement (1987 : Warburton, Australia). Accuracy in structure factor measurement : international...symposium, Warburton, Australia, August 1987. East Melbourne, Vie., Australia : Commonwealth Scientific...eastern Eromanga Basin, Queensland and New South Wales. Canberra : Queensland Dept. of Mines, 1989. 402(810)...southeastern Inlier, north Queensland / I.W. Withnall. Pre-Carboniferous the Mount Surprise Einasleigh Region
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ustral0000john The GEOLOGY of AUSTRALIA The Geology of Australia provides a vivid and informative...development of climates and landscapes in modern Australia, and finally the development of the continental...the Great Barrier Reef, the basalts in Eastern Australia and the geology of the Solar System. From Uluru... from sapphires to the stars, The Geology of Australia is a comprehensive exploration of the timeless...ath | oh ā€”_ ae eri] - The GEOLOGY of AUSTRALIA David Johnson School of Earth Sciences James
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Aldwych, London, and those in Asia, Africa and Australia to the Manager of Publications, Civil Lines, Delhi...Australian Scientific Research Liaison, London. Australia : No. 348. Report on Apricot-Kernel Oils ā€¢ No...SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LIAISON, LONDON Papers from Australia No. 348 REPORT ON APRICOT-KERNEL OILS 1 By MISS...Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia kernels are used for the production of fixed...shells are used as fuel. Material available in Australia The following figures, taken from the Production
 
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