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Topaz from
Princess Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia


Locality type:Mine
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 Princess Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:45777
Long-form Identifier:1:3:45777:6
GUID (UUID V4):3ece0b57-8ac8-4563-8b61-169e4f3461ad
Nearest other occurrences of Topaz
0.5km (0.3 miles) โ“˜Sayers mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.3km (1.4 miles) โ“˜All Nations mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.6km (1.6 miles) โ“˜Moina Quarry, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2.8km (1.8 miles) โ“˜Bell Mount, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
3.2km (2.0 miles) โ“˜Shepherd and Murphy Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish municipality, Tasmania, Australia
33.1km (20.5 miles) โ“˜Oakleigh Creek Mine, Upper Forth Valley, Meander Valley municipality, Tasmania, Australia
50.1km (31.2 miles) โ“˜Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
50.2km (31.2 miles) โ“˜Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
61.2km (38.0 miles) โ“˜Mt Cleveland Mine, Luina, Heazlewood district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
62.9km (39.1 miles) โ“˜Henty Mine, Tyndall Valley, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia
References
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Corporate Document (Series)
A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania Geological Survey Bulletin 73 by R. S. Bottrill and W. E. Baker...Baker Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources E>...rossi'oilittes PO Box 56 Rosny Park Tasmania 7018 Phone (03) 6233 8377 Fax (03) 6233 8338 Email info@mrt...gov.au First published in Australia in 2008 by Mineral Resources Tasmania Department of Infrastructure...Box 56, Rosny Park, Tasmania 7018 www.mrttas.gov.au ยฉCopyright State of Tasmania, 2008 All rights reserved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TOPAZ A โ€ข MINERALOGICAL โ€ข REVIEW Downloaded by [New York University] at 21:04 11 May 2015 Coveted...specimens from the National Museum of Natural History TOPAZ IS THE STATE GEM of Texas and Utah; however, it...the "big three" (emerald, sapphire, and ruby), topaz is nevertheless regarded as an important and prized...attributes is that, unlike many other gem minerals, topaz may occur in crystals large enough to cut giant...Champagne Topaz (36,853 carats), the American Golden (22,875 carats), and the Brazilian Princess (21,005
Journal (issue)
Euclase, 2.3 cm, from the Gachalรก mine, Guaviรณ-Guatรฉque mining district, Boyacรก Department, Colombia. Gail...cm, from Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu district, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Zach Goodman collection;... China. Wally Mann collection; Joe Budd photo. Topaz, 2.6 cm, from Katlang, Mardan Dist., Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...Budd photo. Tanzanite, 7.6 cm, from the Merelani mine near Arusha, Tanzania. Barry & Beth Kitt collection;...Fluorite on quartz, 13 cm, from the Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. The
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spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...ALLEN, GEORGE B. --and W. Hunt: The Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 19:139-144 ALLGOOD, GENNE...Allgood, C. Williams: Ramsdellite from the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALLGOOD, ROBERT W. -with G...the Mistake mine [Arizona] 14:333-335 ALMA Famous mineral localities: the Home Sweet Home mine, [near Alma
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able to discover. Living on the Gold Coast in Australia, my sister talks of how beautiful the Great Barrier...thousands of years to come. Take a Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, Amethyst, Emerald or any one of Natureโ€™s colourful...Sarahโ€™s Mozambique Garnet ring, to my Maldivian Blue Topaz cufflinks. And the if best thing of all, even...Moonstone Quartz Blue Garnet Blue Sapphire Blue Topaz Blue Tourmaline Burmite Canary Diamond Carbuncle...Carnelian Chalcedony Champagne Quartz Champagne Topaz Chrysoberyl Chrysoprase Citrine 23 25 27 35 35
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
icing on the more spectacular crystals of beryl, topaz, and tourmaline. Even the common minerals of microcline...NYF Miarolitic topaz, amazonite, phenakite Pikes Peak Granite NYF Miarolitic topaz, amazonite, phenakite...White Mountain intrusive suite NYF Miarolitic topaz Camp (2011); Creasy and Eby (1993); Samuelson,...Holt (1990) 6 Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa district, Graham County, AZ, USA Santa Teresa Mountains...beryl Moore (2009); Ross (1925) 7 South Platte district, Buffalo Creek, Jefferson County, CO, USA Pikes
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253 254 256 258 264 266 268 Black Orlov diamond Topaz Andalusite Titanite Sillimanite Dumortierite Fabergรฉ...stream gravels. Examples of these varieties include topaz, sapphire, chrysoberyl, garnet, zircon, and spinel...Cuts glass Scratches glass very easily Quartz 8 Topaz 9 Corundum (sapphire) 10 0 1000 2000 3000...gems are equal. Gemstone Modest Tanzanite Topazโ€”pink Topazโ€”imperial Tourmalineโ€”green Spinelโ€”blue Spinelโ€”red...contributes a huge amount of the worldโ€™s ruby supply; Australia formerly dominated the precious opal market, although
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. T. L. Baskin & Sons, 7 3 2 Union A v e . , Middlesex, N . J . 08846. MICROMOUNTS M I C R O M O U N...Bisbee, Arizona, 7 5 0 . Bixbyite on topaz, Utah, $ 1 . 0 0 . Topaz crystal groups, Utah. V i " $ 1 . 0... T . L. Baskin & Sons, 7 3 2 Union A v e . , Middlesex, N . J. 0 8 8 4 6 . STORM-JADE MT. BARGAINS โ€”...Manufacturers: 1 0 % off 100 lbs. one i t e m ; mine o w n 5 0 % off. A d d $1 per 10 lbs. postage, half...NECESSITATES COLLECTION REDUCTION โ€” Send for gold mine and other mineral and crystal collection. A f t
Journal (issue)
London ABSTRACT: Blue euclase from Mwame, Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe, which was first collected in the late...Claims, 8 km south of Mikese Station, Morogoro District. The largest of these crystals measuring 72 x...of euclase from Muiane pegmatite, Alto Ligonha District, was made by von Knorring et al. (1964). This...Uganda, euclase was recorded in the Namapherere tin mine, Ankole. Beryl is a common minor constituent in...pegmatites mined in south-west Uganda and at Kihandu mine, an unusual form of beryl with acute bipyramidal
Catalog/List
in particular, the towns of the Hwy 95 mining district from Rhyolite to Goldfield and Tonopah. Kevin...Kevin Ward Minera! on QUARTZ RHODOCHROSITE District Mine. Climax Climax olTolg-Yole Lake. County. ncredibly...years to find a specimen rhombs rhombs Climax Mine, ot rhodochrosite $50 OOU 60.000 Ex The ... 8 nn ae from the \ slight ยข ยซ nax 1g Mine : The Kevin Ward Mineral Exceptional German...labeled base. From Freiberg, 12.7 cm Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany; by the consignor
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Turquoise vein Quartz crystals Topaz in natural state Morganthau topaz xm Bridal and Other Rings 64:...color, whether vivid or dull. For example, the gem topaz may be of orange to yellow hues, be light or dark...rating of 9, are next among the precious stones. Topaz is 8. Quartz, one of the most common and widely...sold misleadingly as Bohemian ruby; rose and pink topaz have been called Brazilian rubies. Transparent varieties...and the shortest comes toward us. Chrysoberyl, topaz, and peridot belong to this system. 5. The Monoclinic
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JanuaryFebruary: Ferro-axinite on calcite, Dodo mine, Puiva Mountain, KhantyMansi Avt. Okrug, Tyumenโ€™...MarcNApril: Pyromorphite on quartz, Manhan River mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Marvin...shaft, South Hecla branch of the Calumet and Hecla mine, Houghton County, Michigan. A. E. Seaman Mineral...JulyIAugust: Vanadinite and wulfenite, Old Yuma mine, Pima County, Arizona. Les Presmyk specimen, Jeff...November/December: Rhodochrosite, area 28, level 20, Eagle mine, Gilman County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen on
surrounded ce ne white calcite, from!iheBluebell Mine; Riondel, Digitized by the Internet Archive...a group around a central silicon atom. kyanite, topaz, titanite, zircon, amphibole, pyroxene, chlorite...colour drastically, for example, tourmaline, garnet, topaz, quartz. Streak: Colour of Powder Streak is the...4 fluorite, 5 apatite, 6 feldspar, 7 quartz, 8 topaz, 9 corundum, 10 diamond. For field identification...For example there is one plane in mica, chlorite, topaz; there are two planes in amphibole and pyroxene
Journal (issue)
2.69 orange-pink weak violet violet Biron (Australia) pinkish Novosibirsk (Russia) pinkish 1.570...Pinkish synthetic beryls are also produced in Australia by Biron International Ltd., which are well known...number of synthetic beryls produced in Japan and Australia. The recent red beryls show strong pleochroism...(aquamarine, heliodor, goshenite, etc.), tourmaline, topaz, spodumene (kunzite, hiddenite) and chrysoberyl...pegmatites in Australia, Brazil and China. Eleven single crystals from Heffernan's mine, Torrington, New
Journal (issue)
Cluster of Amethyst Crystals Ellis Jones Amethyst Mine, Due West, S. C. (See page 890 for story of the... The* reason why the iron ore from the Andover mine could be readily made into steel was its high natural...until 1847. As reported by Snell (1881), the Andover mine was owned by John Rutherford in the early 1800's...originally operated with mules, and connected the mine near Andยญ over with the Morris and Essex railroad...dock at the mine, but minus the tracks, can be seen. In 1855, mineral specimens from the mine were collected
Catalog/List
...... Utah Toelle County, Gold Hill, Gold Hill mine ~ransparent micro crystals on gossen with minor...silicate Arizona Pima County, Ajo, New Cornelia mine Sky blue micro xls and coatings on monzonite .....Derby mine White xlline lamellar mass with minor lepidolite . Virginia Amelia, Rutherford mine !r2 Lustrous...Lead telluride Colorado Saguache County, Klondike mine Cleavage plates in quartz with pyrite ........................... South Dakota Custer, Bull Moose mine Pure white cleavable mass. . . . . . . . ......
Journal (issue)
North-West Branch: L Knight, F.G.A. South Yorkshire & District Branch: J. L Platts, F.G.A. Examiners: B. W. Anderson...ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN Vol. XVIII No. 7 JULY 1983 TOPAZ AND ANDALUSITE MINING IN BRAZIL By P. K. RUPLINGER...look at two of these stones, the prized 'Imperial' topaz and the less known andalusite. Next to aquamarine...is probably most noted for its production of topaz. Topaz is encountered in several localities, but the...the finest stones, known as 'Imperial topaz', come from the area of Ouro Preto, about three hundred kilometres
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253 254 256 258 264 266 268 Black Orlov diamond Topaz Andalusite Titanite Sillimanite Dumortierite Fabergรฉ...woven into the fabric of national mythologies. In Australia, opals feature prominently in enchanting creation...stream gravels. Examples of these varieties include topaz, sapphire, chrysoberyl, garnet, zircon, and spinel...Cuts glass Scratches glass very easily Quartz 8 Topaz 9 Corundum (sapphire) 10 0 1000 2000 3000...gems are equal. Gemstone Modest Tanzanite Topaz โ€“ pink Topaz โ€“ imperial Tourmaline โ€“ green Spinel โ€“ blue
Book (edition)
source ofgood advice); this book is as much yours as mine. 000001030626 TINT CONTENTS Contents Foreword...138 Emerald 146 Fancy Sapphire 154 Imperial Topaz 162 Jade 170 Kunzite 176 Lapis Lazuli 180...Gemmological Association of Australia Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Australia Australian Director...Apatite Grape Topaz Hemimorphite Indicolite Kyanite Lapis Lazuli London Blue Topaz Midnight Blue...Purple Spinel Star Sapphire Swiss Blue Topaz Sky Blue Topaz Tanzanite and Sugilite. Other blue-violet
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also produced spectacular specimens of beryl and topaz. In Victorian times, hunting for crystals was both...on the appropriate page. Front cover photograph Topaz from Cairn Gorm, collected by the late Ken Attwood... 44 Beryl 68 QUARTZ AND WORLD WAR TWO 155 Topaz 75 EPILOGUE 160 Other Minerals 92 GLOSSARY...associated with cairngorm and the accompanying topaz and beryl crystals. The geological origin of the...specimens, not only of quartz, but also of beryl and topaz for which the area is noted. In days gone by 'Cairngorm
Journal (issue)
visit a new working gold mine in South Carolina and so he rushed down before the mine superintendent would...of Columbia, S.C., had arranged the visit to the mine and the Editor is deeply grateful for her kind interest...northward towards the gold mine in York County. It was a most enjoyable trip, the mine was reached, many specimens...distributed to museums and collections as far away as Australia and South Africa. The last time I went up to this...FRANKLIN ARMORY Route 23 and 517, Franklin, New Jersey MINE REPLICA Cr FLUORESCENT DISPLAY MINERAL DUMP MINERAL
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Spring in Co"lorado Magazine. Tabor's Matchless Mine and Lusty Leadville: "Seventh in her series of Bancroft...City, The Brown Palace in Denver, Tabor's Matchless Mine and Lusty Leadville, Augusta Tabor: Her Side of...ยท-ยทยท-ยท-ยทยท--ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท---ยท-ยทยทยทยทยท--ยท--ยท11 Lost Pitchblende Mine -ยท--ยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยท13 Grand Lake Treasure...ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท--ยท-ยทยทยท-ยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท15 Lost Mine of Big Baldy ยทยท--ยทยท--ยทยท----ยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยท17 Lost Mine of Lost Man Gulch ...Poudre Lost Mine ยทยทยทยท---ยทยทยทยทยทยท23 Hicks Mountain --ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท-ยทยทยทยทยทยทยท--- - - --5 Lost Mine of Stevens Gulch
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Olivine, garnet, epidote, vesuvianite, kyanite, topaz, titanite, zircon, amphibole, pyroxene, rhodonite...drastically, for example, tourma line, garnet, topaz, quartz. Streak: Colour of Powder Streak is the...4 fl uorite, 5 apatite, 6 feldspar, 7 quartz, 8 topaz, 9 corundu1n, I Odia1nond. For field identification...exan1ple there is one plane in mica, chlorite, topaz; there are two planes in arnphibole and pyroxene... black), p. 110 titanite (brown black), p. 176 topaz (blue, whiteye!low), p. 172 tourmaline (black, brown
Journal (issue)
Articles Minerals of the Espirito Santo Pegmatite District, Eastern Brazil.. ......697 by M. L. Chaves, A...Horizonte, mined the Serra das ร‰guas deposits in the municipality of Brumado, providing the raw material for making...Horizonte. At the time, the Morro Velho gold mine, in the municipality of Nova Lima, was in full production and...Mineralogical Record, โ€œThe Minerals of the Morro Velho Gold Mine, Brazil,โ€ with co-author Richard V. Gaines, in 1973...particular was from the vicinity of the Morro Velho mine: it consisted of a hand-sized plate of white dolomite
 
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