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Turquoise from

Moonta mines (Wallaroo and Moonta Mining; Moonta Copper Recovery Co. Ltd; Moonta Mining Scheme; Moonta Prospecting Syndicate), Moonta, Copper Coast Council, South Australia, Australia

Locality type: Mine
Classification
Species: Turquoise
Formula: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4H2O
Confirmation
Validity: Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data: Click here to view Turquoise data
Locality Data: Click here to view Moonta mines (Wallaroo and Moonta Mining; Moonta Copper Recovery Co. Ltd; Moonta Mining Scheme; Moonta Prospecting Syndicate), Moonta, Copper Coast Council, South Australia, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 11279
Long-form Identifier: 1:3:11279:4
GUID (UUID V4): b712b3fd-796a-4ee6-a880-44bae1bd8126
Nearest other occurrences of Turquoise
18.6km (11.6 miles) Wallaroo Mine, Wallaroo, Copper Coast Council, South Australia, Australia
References
Pring, Allan (1988) Minerals of the Moonta and Wallaroo Mining Districts, South Australia. The Mineralogical Record, 19 (6) 407-416