Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia (original) (raw)

ⓘ Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Albite var. Oligoclase

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

ⓘ 'Allanite Group'

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

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Andalusite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

ⓘ Andradite ?

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Annite

Formula: KFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

ⓘ Aragonite

Formula: CaCO3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Arsenic

Formula: As

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Arsenolite

Formula: As2O3

ⓘ Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Localities:

Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia

ⓘ Augite

Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Azurite

Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Bavenite

Formula: Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2

Localities:

ⓘ Berthierite ?

Formula: FeSb2S4

Description: Probably jamesonite

ⓘ Bertrandite

Formula: Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2

Habit: Crystals in striated blades, some typically twinned, to a mm.

Colour: colourless

ⓘ Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

Localities:

Habit: prismatic

Description: Colorless to a deep sky blue, often zoned; usually with sellaite; crystals to ~15mm long

ⓘ Beryl var. Emerald

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

ⓘ Beudantite

Formula: PbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ 'Biotite'

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

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Bismuth

Formula: Bi

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Bismuthinite

Formula: Bi2S3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Boulangerite

Formula: Pb5Sb4S11

Localities:

Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Fook's lode, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Bournonite

Formula: PbCuSbS3

References:

Groves, D.I., Martin, E.L., Murchie, H., & Wellington, H.K., 1972. A century of tin mining at Mount Bischoff, 1871-1971. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 54, Tasmanian Department of Mines, 310 pp.

ⓘ Brochantite

Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

ⓘ Brucite

Formula: Mg(OH)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

Localities:

Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Summit Face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia

ⓘ Chalcanthite

Formula: CuSO4 · 5H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities:

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

ⓘ Chondrodite

Formula: Mg5(SiO4)2F2

ⓘ Chromite ?

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Chrysotile

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Clinohumite

Formula: Mg9(SiO4)4F2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Clinozoisite

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

ⓘ Coiraite ?

Formula: (Pb,Sn)12.5Sn5FeAs3S28

Description: Silvery, arborescent, fine crystals in cavities on magnesite, with franckeite.

ⓘ Copiapite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2 · 20H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Copper

Formula: Cu

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Diaspore

Formula: AlO(OH)

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Dickite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

ⓘ Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities:

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Dravite

Formula: NaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

ⓘ Elbaite ?

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

ⓘ Enstatite

Formula: Mg2Si2O6

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Epidote

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

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ Ferberite

Formula: FeWO4

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Ferroaluminoceladonite

Formula: K(Fe2+Al◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Slaughteryard face, Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia
Mount Bischoff Mine, Waratah, Waratah district, Waratah-Wynyard municipality, Tasmania, Australia

ⓘ Fluoborite

Formula: Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3

ⓘ Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Localities:

Habit: cubic and octahedral

Colour: colourless, blue, purple, green and brown

Description: In late veins; excellent crystals to ~30mm

ⓘ Foitite

Formula: ◻(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

ⓘ Forsterite

Formula: Mg2SiO4

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Franckeite

Formula: Fe2+(Pb,Sn2+)6Sn4+2Sb2S14

Localities:

ⓘ Gahnite

Formula: ZnAl2O4

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities:

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

ⓘ Gold

Formula: Au

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Goslarite

Formula: ZnSO4 · 7H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Graphite

Formula: C

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Grossular var. Hydrogrossular

ⓘ 'Grossular-Hibschite Series'

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Halite

Formula: NaCl

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Halotrichite

Formula: FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Hambergite

Formula: Be2(BO3)(OH)

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Hemimorphite

Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Hisingerite

Formula: Fe3+2(Si2O5)(OH)4 · 2H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Hydrokenoralstonite

Formula: Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

ⓘ Isokite

Formula: CaMg(PO4)F

ⓘ Jamesonite

Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14

Localities:

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

References:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

ⓘ 'Limonite'

ⓘ Lizardite

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ 'Luinaite-(OH)'

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

Localities:

ⓘ Magnesite

Formula: MgCO3

Localities:

Habit: Bladed to rhombohedral

Colour: creamy

Description: In veins, with fluorite

ⓘ Magnesite var. Iron-bearing Magnesite

Formula: (Mg,Fe)CO3

ⓘ 'Magnesite-Siderite Series'

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

ⓘ Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Melanterite

Formula: Fe2+(H2O)6SO4 · H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ 'Mica Group'

ⓘ Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ 'Monazite Group'

Formula: REE(PO4)

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

✪ Morinite

Formula: NaCa2Al2(PO4)2(OH)F4 · 2H2O

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Muscovite var. Illite

Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Muscovite var. Phengite

Formula: KAl1.5(Mg,Fe)0.5(Al0.5Si3.5O10)(OH)2

ⓘ Natrolite

Formula: Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Norbergite

Formula: Mg3(SiO4)F2

ⓘ Olenite

Formula: NaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)

ⓘ Opal

Formula: SiO2 · nH2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Owyheeite ?

Formula: Ag3Pb10Sb11S28

ⓘ Palygorskite

Formula: ◻Al2Mg2◻2Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Phenakite

Formula: Be2SiO4

Description: In tourmaline-rich rock, fine grained

ⓘ Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ 'Polylithionite-Trilithionite Series' ?

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Prosopite

Formula: CaAl2F4[(OH)4-xFx]

References:

ⓘ Proustite

Formula: Ag3AsS3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Pyrargyrite

Formula: Ag3SbS3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities:

ⓘ Pyrolusite

Formula: Mn4+O2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Pyrophyllite

Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Pyrostilpnite

Formula: Ag3SbS3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities:

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

ⓘ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Rhodochrosite

Formula: MnCO3

ⓘ Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

ⓘ Schorl

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

ⓘ Scorodite

Formula: Fe3+AsO4 · 2H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Segnitite

Formula: PbFe3+3AsO4(AsO3OH)(OH)6

ⓘ Sellaite

Formula: MgF2

Localities:

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4

ⓘ Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Siderite var. Mg-rich Siderite

Formula: (Fe,Mg)CO3

ⓘ Sillimanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Smithsonite

Formula: ZnCO3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities:

ⓘ Stannite

Formula: Cu2FeSnS4

Localities:

ⓘ Stibnite

Formula: Sb2S3

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Sulphur

Formula: S8

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Sylvite

Formula: KCl

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Talc

Formula: Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

ⓘ Teallite

Formula: PbSnS2

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Thorianite

Formula: ThO2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Topaz

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

Localities:

ⓘ Topaz var. Pyknite

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

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

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

Localities:

ⓘ Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Tungstite

Formula: WO3 · H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Vesuvianite

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

ⓘ Vivianite

Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O

Localities:

Habit: Prismatic

Colour: blue, green, black

Description: In fractures in Porphyry, greisen, slate & Mg-skarn. Excellent large crystals (to 65mm) in pockets in magnesite - fluorite pods.

ⓘ Vonsenite

Formula: Fe2+2Fe3+(BO3)O2

ⓘ Wagnerite

Formula: Mg2(PO4)F

ⓘ Wavellite

Formula: Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 · 5H2O

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Weberite

Formula: Na2Mg[AlF6]F

ⓘ 'Wolframite Group'

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Wollastonite

Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ 'Xenotime'

ⓘ Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: Y(PO4)

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn

ⓘ Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Description: Porphyry, greisen & Mg-skarn