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Hill, R. J., Milnes, A. R. (1974) Phosphate minerals from Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (306) 684-695 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.306.06

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TitlePhosphate minerals from Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia
JournalMineralogical Magazine
AuthorsHill, R. J.Author
Milnes, A. R.Author
Year1974 (June)Volume39
Issue306
PublisherMineralogical Society
Download URLhttps://rruff.info/doclib/MinMag/Volume_39/39-306-684.pdf+
DOIdoi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.306.06Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceHill, R. J., Milnes, A. R. (1974) Phosphate minerals from Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (306) 684-695 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.306.06
Plain TextHill, R. J., Milnes, A. R. (1974) Phosphate minerals from Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, 39 (306) 684-695 doi:10.1180/minmag.1974.039.306.06
In(1974, June) Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 39 (306) Mineralogical Society
Abstract/NotesSummarySeveral uncommon phosphate minerals including tarbuttite, parahopeite, scholzite, and collinsite occur in near-surface gossans at the Reaphook Hill zinc prospect. Electron-probe microanalyses of the tarbuttite and scholzite compare well with published analyses of specimens of these minerals from the type localities in Zambia and Bavaria respectively. However, microanalyses of the parahopeite are significantly different from published analyses of parahopeite, and suggest that it may be one member of an isomorphous series in which six-coordinated Zn can be replaced by other cations, including Fe, Mg, and Mn. Furthermore, crystals of the Reaphook Hill parahopeite are compositionally zoned with their centres enriched in Fe and Mn relative to the margins, which are enriched in Mg.Zincian collinsite occurs at Reaphook Hill as concentric crusts composed of very fine grained radially oriented plates. Electron-probe microanalyses of this material are significantly different from published analyses of collinsite from the type locality in British Columbia: Zn instead of Fe occupies the divalent cation sites; this material may be part of an isomorphous series that includes fairfieldite. Microanalyses also indicate that the Reaphook Hill collinsite crusts are compositionally zoned such that Zn:Mg ratios vary from the base to the outer edges of the crusts. This zoning is interpreted as the result of variation in the availability of Zn and Mg during growth. Zoning of similar type, but due to variation in the Fe: Mg ratio, was observed in concentric crusts of collinsite from the type locality in British Columbia.

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Reaphook Hill, Martins Well (Martins Well Station), Pastoral Unincorporated Area, South Australia, Australia

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Hillite
Parahopeite
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