Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia (original) (raw)

Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

Albite var. Cleavelandite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

'Allanite Group'

Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Almandine

Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3

'Almandine-Spessartine Series'

Anglesite

Formula: PbSO4

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Abydos Iron NW 2, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Anorthite

Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)

Anorthite var. Labradorite

Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]

'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lewis Rock Hole pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Atacamite

Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl

Autunite

Formula: Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 10-12H2O

Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Bertrandite

Formula: Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2

Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Beryl var. Alkali-beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lewis Rock Hole pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Colour: white

Description: significant ore mineral

Beryl var. Emerald

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Kangan (Kangan North; Kangan Rogers; Bassets), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Pippingarra Mine, Pippingarra Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Bismuth

Formula: Bi

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Hooley & Co., Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Bismutite

Formula: (BiO)2CO3

Bobierrite

Formula: Mg3(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Habit: Lath-like crystals, in rosettes

Description: Found as coating fractures in one football sized block of altered lithiopilite. Resembles gypsum

'Calciotantalite'

Calciotantite

Formula: CaTa4O11

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Britannia Mine, Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Hong Kong Mine, Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

Cerussite

Formula: PbCO3

Localities:

Abydos Iron NW 2, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Localities:

Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Britannia Mine, Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities:

Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Station Peak Gold Mine, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Hong Kong Mine, Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Egina Copper Mine, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Abydos Iron NW 1, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Cheralite

Formula: CaTh(PO4)2

'Chlorite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Chrysocolla

Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Stannum West prospect, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Clinobisvanite

Formula: Bi(VO4)

Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

Columbite-(Mn)

Formula: Mn2+Nb2O6

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Coronadite

Formula: Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16

Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

Dufrénite

Formula: Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6 · 2H2O

Elbaite

Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Euxenite-(Y)

Formula: (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Leeds Tin Find (Hall's Tin Find; Pinga Tin Mine), Pinga Creek pegmatite field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

'Feldspar Group'

Localities:

Pippingarra Mine, Pippingarra Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Comet Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Edie Emma Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Stannum West prospect, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Ferrimolybdite

Formula: Fe2(MoO4)3 · nH2O

Fersmite

Formula: (Ca,Ce,Na)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH,F)6

Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

'Gadolinite'

Gadolinite-(Y)

Formula: Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10

Gahnite

Formula: ZnAl2O4

Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Comet Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Edie Emma Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Congo, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Gold

Formula: Au

Localities: Reported from at least 18 localities in this region.

Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Helvine

Formula: Be3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Congo, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Ord Ranges (Tiger Iron), De Grey Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Pardoo Atlas Project, De Grey Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Hematite var. Martite

Formula: Fe2O3

Hemimorphite

Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Hureaulite

Formula: Mn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2 · 4H2O

Hydrokenoelsmoreite

Formula: ◻2W2O6(H2O)

Hydrokenoelsmoreite var. Ferritungstite

Hydroxycalciomicrolite

Formula: Ca1.5Ta2O6(OH)

'Hypersthene'

Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

'Indicolite'

Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

'Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series'

Formula: (Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)4O8

'Jasper'

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Ord Ranges (Tiger Iron), De Grey Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

'K Feldspar'

'Limonite'

Localities:

Egina Copper Mine, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wingina Well gold prospect, Indee Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Hooley & Co., Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Lithiophilite

Formula: LiMn2+PO4

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lewis Rock Hole pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Congo, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Description: Large masses some weighing a half a ton. Often severely altered.

Lithiophilite var. Sicklerite

Formula: Li1-x(Mn3+xMn2+1-x)PO4

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Strelley pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lewis Rock Hole pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Description: In altered lithiophilite with unaltered core mantled with brown sicklerite

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

'Manganese Oxides'

'Mica Group'

Localities:

Comet Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Edie Emma Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

'Microlite Group'

Formula: A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Strelley pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Beryl Group, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

'Monazite'

Formula: REE(PO4)

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Yule South, Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
White Springs, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Hooley & Co., Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: Ce(PO4)

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

Nontronite

Formula: Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O

Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

'Polylithionite-Trilithionite Series'

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

'Psilomelane'

Pucherite

Formula: Bi(VO4)

Purpurite

Formula: Mn3+(PO4)

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lewis Rock Hole pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Strelley pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia ? (more information)

Description: in altered lithiophillite with sicklerite and Mn oxides

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Stannum West prospect, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Abydos Iron NW 1, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 27 localities in this region.

Quartz var. Chalcedony

Formula: SiO2

Robertsite

Formula: Ca2Mn3+3(PO4)3O2 · 3H2O

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Sabugalite

Formula: HAl(UO2)4(PO4)4 · 16H2O

Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Black Gin, Friendly Creek Goldfield, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Smithsonite

Formula: ZnCO3

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Spessartine

Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities:

Wodgina West, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Abydos Iron NW 1, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

Spodumene

Formula: LiAlSi2O6

Localities:

Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Strengite

Formula: FePO4 · 2H2O

Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

'Tantalite'

Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
White Springs, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
The Francisco, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Tantalite-(Fe)

Formula: Fe2+Ta2O6

Tantalite-(Mn)

Formula: Mn2+Ta2O6

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Strelley pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lewis Rock Hole pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Tanteuxenite-(Y)

Formula: Y(Ta,Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6

Localities:

Pinga Creek pegmatite field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Leeds Tin Find (Hall's Tin Find; Pinga Tin Mine), Pinga Creek pegmatite field, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
White Springs, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

'Tapiolite'

Formula: (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Strelley pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Tapiolite-(Fe)

Formula: Fe2+Ta2O6

Tenorite

Formula: CuO

Thorite var. Thorogummite

Formula: (Th,U)(SiO4)1-x(OH)4x

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Lewis Rock Hole pegmatite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

'Tiger Iron'

'Tiger's Eye'

Topaz

Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Stannum West prospect, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Comet Mine, Mount Francisco, Mugarinya Community, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Strelley pegmatite, Strelley Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

'Tourmaline var. Rubellite'

Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Colour: pink

Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Vesuvianite

Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

Wodginite (TL)

Formula: Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8

Localities:

Wodgina Tantalite Mine (Wodgina pegmatite; Main tantalite dyke), Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Mount Cassiterite, Wodgina, Abydos Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia

'Wolframite Group'

Zoisite

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)