Australian Museum Journal Mineralogical notes. No. III. Axinite, petterdite, crocoite, and datolite
- Shortform:
- Anderson, 1906, Rec. Aust. Mus. 6(3): 133–144
- Author(s):
- Anderson, C.
- Year published:
- 1906
- Title:
- Mineralogical notes. No. III. Axinite, petterdite, crocoite, and datolite
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 133
- End page:
- 144
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.6.1906.998
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plates xxix–xxxiii
- Date published:
- 19 June 1906
- Cover date:
- 19 June 1906
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 06 August 2009
- Reference number:
- 998
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (91kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1493kb PDF)
Abstract
Axinite was first found at this locality by Mr. D. A. Porter, to whom I am indebted for notes as to its mode of occurrence. The exact location is about a quarter of a mile from the footbridge over the Peel River, where the mineral is found associated with green epidote in sedimentary rocks much altered by intrusive diorite; it occurs sometimes in crystalline veins, but the best specimens are obtained in cavities, where the crystals have grown freely, accompanied by small well-formed quartz prisms. Good crystals are rare and minute; larger, more imperfect ones can be found measuring up to 15 mm. The colour is brownish with a violet tinge on a fresh fracture.