Diopside

Diopside, etc.

Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Diopside, etc.

Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Diopside, etc.

La Juanona Quarry, Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Diopside, etc.

Unnamed Evaporite occurrence, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Diopside, etc.

Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Diopside, etc.

Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Diopside, etc.

La Juanona Quarry, Antequera, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

Diopside, etc.

Unnamed Evaporite occurrence, Sar-e-Sang, Koksha Valley, Kuran wa Munjan District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

Diopside, etc.

Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region, Tanzania

Diopside, etc.

Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp, Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

About DiopsideHide

Classification of DiopsideHide

Diopside and its relation to other pyroxenes (after Morimoto et al., 1989)

Previous petrological nomenclature of clinopyroxenes from basaltic magmas (after Poldervaart & Hess, 1951)

IMA status:

Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)

Strunz-mindat (2022):

9.DA.15

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
D : Inosilicates
A : Inosilicates with 2-periodic single chains, Si₂O₆; pyroxene family

Dana 8th ed.:

65.1.3a.1

65 : INOSILICATES Single-Width,Unbranched Chains,(W=1)
1 : Single-Width Unbranched Chains, W=1 with chains P=2

Hey's CIM Ref.:

14.6.12

14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
6 : Silicates of Ca with alkali or Mg or both

Mineral SymbolsHide

Physical Properties of DiopsideHide

Optical Data of DiopsideHide

Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.663 - 1.699 n_β = 1.671 - 1.705 n_γ = 1.693 - 1.728

2V:

Measured: 58° to 63°, Calculated: 56° to 64°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.030

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

High

Dispersion:

weak to distinct r > v

Optical Extinction:

Y = b; Z ∧ c = -38° on (010); X ∧ a = -22°.

Chemical Properties of DiopsideHide

Crystallography of DiopsideHide

Crystallographic forms of DiopsideHide

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Diopside no.135 - Goldschmidt (1913-1926)

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0000340	Diopside	Cameron M, Sueno S, Prewitt C T, Papike J J (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite pyroxene American Mineralogist 58 594-618		1973		0	297
0000341	Diopside	Cameron M, Sueno S, Prewitt C T, Papike J J (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite pyroxene American Mineralogist 58 594-618		1973		0	673
0000342	Diopside	Cameron M, Sueno S, Prewitt C T, Papike J J (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite pyroxene American Mineralogist 58 594-618		1973		0	973
0000343	Diopside	Cameron M, Sueno S, Prewitt C T, Papike J J (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite pyroxene American Mineralogist 58 594-618		1973		0	1123
0000344	Diopside	Cameron M, Sueno S, Prewitt C T, Papike J J (1973) High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite pyroxene American Mineralogist 58 594-618		1973		0	1273
0000517	Diopside	Finger L W, Ohashi Y (1976) The thermal expansion of diopside to 800 C and a refinement of the crystal structure at 700 C American Mineralogist 61 303-310		1976		0	973
0000805	Diopside	Gordon W A, Peacor D R, Brown P E, Essene E J, Allard L F (1981) Exsolution relationships in a clinopyroxene of average composition Ca0.43Mn0.69Mg0.82Si2O6: X-ray diffraction and analytical electron microscopy American Mineralogist 66 127-141		1981		0	293
0000811	Diopside	Levien L, Prewitt C T (1981) High-pressure structural study of diopside pyroxene American Mineralogist 66 315-323		1981		0	293
0000812	Diopside	Levien L, Prewitt C T (1981) High-pressure structural study of diopside pyroxene American Mineralogist 66 315-323		1981		2.36	293
0000813	Diopside	Levien L, Prewitt C T (1981) High-pressure structural study of diopside pyroxene American Mineralogist 66 315-323		1981		3.52	293
0000814	Diopside	Levien L, Prewitt C T (1981) High-pressure structural study of diopside pyroxene American Mineralogist 66 315-323		1981		4.55	293
0000815	Diopside	Levien L, Prewitt C T (1981) High-pressure structural study of diopside pyroxene American Mineralogist 66 315-323		1981		5.3	293
0001333	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Crystal chemistry of synthetic pyroxenes on the join CaNiSi2O6-CaMgSi2O6 (diopside): A Rietveld refinement study sample Ni100, CaNiSi2O6 American Mineralogist 75 1274-1281		1990		0	293
0001334	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Crystal chemistry of synthetic pyroxenes on the join CaNiSi2O6-CaMgSi2O6 (diopside): A Rietveld refinement study sample Ni80, CaNi.74Mg.26Si2O6 American Mineralogist 75 1274-1281		1990		0	293
0001335	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Crystal chemistry of synthetic pyroxenes on the join CaNiSi2O6-CaMgSi2O6 (diopside): A Rietveld refinement study sample Ni50, CaNi.45Mg.55Si2O6 American Mineralogist 75 1274-1281		1990		0	293
0001336	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Crystal chemistry of synthetic pyroxenes on the join CaNiSi2O6-CaMgSi2O6 (diopside): A Rietveld refinement study sample Ni25, CaNi.22Mg.78Si2O6 American Mineralogist 75 1274-1281		1990		0	293
0001337	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Crystal chemistry of synthetic pyroxenes on the join CaNiSi2O6-CaMgSi2O6 (diopside): A Rietveld refinement study sample Ni0, CaMgSi2O6 American Mineralogist 75 1274-1281		1990		0	293
0001362	Diopside	Oberti R, Caporuscio F A (1991) Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes from mantle eclogites: A study of the key role of the M2 site population by means of crystal-structure refinement sample SRV 4, Di90Jd05, diopside - jadeite join American Mineralogist 76 1141-1152		1991		0	293
0001363	Diopside	Oberti R, Caporuscio F A (1991) Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes from mantle eclogites: A study of the key role of the M2 site population by means of crystal-structure refinement sample SBB 7P, Di78Jd18, diopside - jadeite join American Mineralogist 76 1141-1152		1991		0	293
0001364	Diopside	Oberti R, Caporuscio F A (1991) Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes from mantle eclogites: A study of the key role of the M2 site population by means of crystal-structure refinement sample SBB 37, Di71Jd20, diopside - jadeite join American Mineralogist 76 1141-1152		1991		0	293
0001365	Diopside	Oberti R, Caporuscio F A (1991) Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes from mantle eclogites: A study of the key role of the M2 site population by means of crystal-structure refinement sample SBB 34, Di62Jd24, diopside - jadeite join American Mineralogist 76 1141-1152		1991		0	293
0001366	Diopside	Oberti R, Caporuscio F A (1991) Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes from mantle eclogites: A study of the key role of the M2 site population by means of crystal-structure refinement sample SBB 3H, Di64Jd26, diopside - jadeite join American Mineralogist 76 1141-1152		1991		0	293
0001367	Diopside	Oberti R, Caporuscio F A (1991) Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes from mantle eclogites: A study of the key role of the M2 site population by means of crystal-structure refinement sample SBB 39, Di52Jd27, diopside - jadeite join American Mineralogist 76 1141-1152		1991		0	293
0001368	Diopside	Oberti R, Caporuscio F A (1991) Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes from mantle eclogites: A study of the key role of the M2 site population by means of crystal-structure refinement sample SBB 25, Di55Jd30, diopside - jadeite join American Mineralogist 76 1141-1152		1991		0	293
0001369	Diopside	Oberti R, Caporuscio F A (1991) Crystal chemistry of clinopyroxenes from mantle eclogites: A study of the key role of the M2 site population by means of crystal-structure refinement sample SBB 61, Di47Jd40, diopside - jadeite join American Mineralogist 76 1141-1152		1991		0	293
0001667	Diopside	Bertolo S, Nimis P, Dal Negro A (1994) Low-Ca augite from experimental alkali basalt at 18 kbar: Structural variation near the miscibility gap Atomic parameters from ICSD American Mineralogist 79 668-674		1994		0	293
0001796	Diopside	Harlow G E (1996) Structure refinement of a natural K-rich diopside: The effect of K on the average structure American Mineralogist 81 632-638		1996		0	293
0002807	Diopside	Secco L, Martignago F, Dal Negro A, Reznitskii L Z, Sklyarov E V (2002) Crystal chemistry of Cr-V-rich clinopyroxenes Sample 2 American Mineralogist 87 709-714		2002		0	293
0002810	Diopside	Secco L, Martignago F, Dal Negro A, Reznitskii L Z, Sklyarov E V (2002) Crystal chemistry of Cr-V-rich clinopyroxenes Sample 5 American Mineralogist 87 709-714		2002		0	293
0002811	Diopside	Secco L, Martignago F, Dal Negro A, Reznitskii L Z, Sklyarov E V (2002) Crystal chemistry of Cr-V-rich clinopyroxenes Sample 6 American Mineralogist 87 709-714		2002		0	293
0004146	Diopside	Bindi L, Downs R T, Harlow G E, Safonov O G, Litvin Y A, Perchuk L L, Uchida H, Menchetti S (2006) Compressibility of synthetic potassium-rich clinopyroxene: In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study American Mineralogist 91 802-808		2006		0	293
0004147	Diopside	Bindi L, Downs R T, Harlow G E, Safonov O G, Litvin Y A, Perchuk L L, Uchida H, Menchetti S (2006) Compressibility of synthetic potassium-rich clinopyroxene: In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study American Mineralogist 91 802-808		2006		0	293
0004148	Diopside	Bindi L, Downs R T, Harlow G E, Safonov O G, Litvin Y A, Perchuk L L, Uchida H, Menchetti S (2006) Compressibility of synthetic potassium-rich clinopyroxene: In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study American Mineralogist 91 802-808		2006		0.46	293
0004149	Diopside	Bindi L, Downs R T, Harlow G E, Safonov O G, Litvin Y A, Perchuk L L, Uchida H, Menchetti S (2006) Compressibility of synthetic potassium-rich clinopyroxene: In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study American Mineralogist 91 802-808		2006		2.45	293
0004150	Diopside	Bindi L, Downs R T, Harlow G E, Safonov O G, Litvin Y A, Perchuk L L, Uchida H, Menchetti S (2006) Compressibility of synthetic potassium-rich clinopyroxene: In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study American Mineralogist 91 802-808		2006		5.36	293
0004151	Diopside	Bindi L, Downs R T, Harlow G E, Safonov O G, Litvin Y A, Perchuk L L, Uchida H, Menchetti S (2006) Compressibility of synthetic potassium-rich clinopyroxene: In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study American Mineralogist 91 802-808		2006		8.11	293
0004152	Diopside	Bindi L, Downs R T, Harlow G E, Safonov O G, Litvin Y A, Perchuk L L, Uchida H, Menchetti S (2006) Compressibility of synthetic potassium-rich clinopyroxene: In situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray study American Mineralogist 91 802-808		2006		9.72	293
0004495	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	0	293
0004496	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	0.13	293
0004497	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	2.32	293
0004498	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	4.22	293
0004499	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	5.11	293
0004500	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	7.08	293
0004501	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	8.01	293
0004502	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	8.88	293
0004503	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	9.5	293
0004504	Diopside	Thompson R M, Downs R T (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa American Mineralogist 93 177-186		2008	DeKalb, New York	10.16	293
0005234	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Evaluation of the Rietveld method for the characterization of fine-grained products of the mineral synthesis: the diopside-hedenbergite join The Canadian Mineralogist 28 93-109		1990		0	293
0005235	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Evaluation of the Rietveld method for the characterization of fine-grained products of the mineral synthesis: the diopside-hedenbergite join The Canadian Mineralogist 28 93-109		1990		0	293
0005236	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Evaluation of the Rietveld method for the characterization of fine-grained products of the mineral synthesis: the diopside-hedenbergite join The Canadian Mineralogist 28 93-109		1990		0	293
0005237	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Evaluation of the Rietveld method for the characterization of fine-grained products of the mineral synthesis: the diopside-hedenbergite join The Canadian Mineralogist 28 93-109		1990		0	293
0005238	Diopside	Raudsepp M, Hawthorne F C, Turnock A C (1990) Evaluation of the Rietveld method for the characterization of fine-grained products of the mineral synthesis: the diopside-hedenbergite join The Canadian Mineralogist 28 93-109		1990		0	293
0005384	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005385	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005386	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005387	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005388	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005389	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005390	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005391	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005392	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005393	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005394	Diopside	Liang J, Hawthorne F C (1994) Characterization of fine-grained mixtures of rock-forming minerals by Rietveld structure refinement: olivine + pyroxene The Canadian Mineralogist 32 541-552		1994		0	293
0005645	Diopside	Prencipe M, Tribaudino M, Pavese A, Hoser A, Reehuis M (2000) A single-crystal neutron-diffraction investigation of diopside at 10 K The Canadian Mineralogist 38 183-189		2000		0	10
0005694	Diopside	Herd C D K, Peterson R C, Rossman G R (2000) Violet-colored diopside from Southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada The Canadian Mineralogist 38 1193-1199		2000	Southern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada	0	293
0006051	Diopside	Tribaudino M, Nestola F, Meneghini C (2005) Rietveld refinement of clinopyroxenes with intermediate Ca-content along the join diopside-enstatite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1411-1421		2005	synthetic	0	293
0006052	Diopside	Tribaudino M, Nestola F, Meneghini C (2005) Rietveld refinement of clinopyroxenes with intermediate Ca-content along the join diopside-enstatite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1411-1421		2005	synthetic	0	293
0006053	Diopside	Tribaudino M, Nestola F, Meneghini C (2005) Rietveld refinement of clinopyroxenes with intermediate Ca-content along the join diopside-enstatite The Canadian Mineralogist 43 1411-1421		2005	synthetic	0	293
0006341	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006342	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006343	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006344	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006346	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006347	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006348	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006349	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006350	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006351	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006352	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006353	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006354	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006355	Diopside	Dal Negro A, Manoli S, Secco L, Piccirillo E M (1989) Megacrystic clinopyroxenes from Victoria (Australia): Crystal chemical comparisons of pyroxenes from high and low pressure regimes European Journal of Mineralogy 1 105-121		1989	Victoria, Australia	0	293
0006528	Diopside	Tribaudino M, Molin G M, Bruno E (1994) Effect of Al on enstatite solubility in CMAS clinopyroxenes: 2 - Crystal chemical considerations European Journal of Mineralogy 6 77-86		1994		0	293
0006529	Diopside	Tribaudino M, Molin G M, Bruno E (1994) Effect of Al on enstatite solubility in CMAS clinopyroxenes: 2 - Crystal chemical considerations European Journal of Mineralogy 6 77-86		1994		0	293
0006530	Diopside	Tribaudino M, Molin G M, Bruno E (1994) Effect of Al on enstatite solubility in CMAS clinopyroxenes: 2 - Crystal chemical considerations European Journal of Mineralogy 6 77-86		1994		0	293
0006531	Diopside	Tribaudino M, Molin G M, Bruno E (1994) Effect of Al on enstatite solubility in CMAS clinopyroxenes: 2 - Crystal chemical considerations European Journal of Mineralogy 6 77-86		1994		0	293
0006532	Diopside	Tribaudino M, Molin G M, Bruno E (1994) Effect of Al on enstatite solubility in CMAS clinopyroxenes: 2 - Crystal chemical considerations European Journal of Mineralogy 6 77-86		1994		0	293
0006580	Diopside	Comodi P, Princivalle F, Tirone M, Zanazzi P F (1995) Comparative compressibility of clinopyroxenes from mantle nodules European Journal of Mineralogy 7 141-149		1995		0	293
0006581	Diopside	Comodi P, Princivalle F, Tirone M, Zanazzi P F (1995) Comparative compressibility of clinopyroxenes from mantle nodules European Journal of Mineralogy 7 141-149		1995		0	293
0006622	Diopside	Tribaudino M (1996) High-temperature crystal chemistry of C2/c clinopyroxenes along the join CaMgSi2O6-CaAl2SiO6 European Journal of Mineralogy 8 273-279		1996		0	293
0006623	Diopside	Tribaudino M (1996) High-temperature crystal chemistry of C2/c clinopyroxenes along the join CaMgSi2O6-CaAl2SiO6 European Journal of Mineralogy 8 273-279		1996		0	293
0006624	Diopside	Tribaudino M (1996) High-temperature crystal chemistry of C2/c clinopyroxenes along the join CaMgSi2O6-CaAl2SiO6 European Journal of Mineralogy 8 273-279		1996		0	293
0006625	Diopside	Tribaudino M (1996) High-temperature crystal chemistry of C2/c clinopyroxenes along the join CaMgSi2O6-CaAl2SiO6 European Journal of Mineralogy 8 273-279		1996		0	293
0006626	Diopside	Tribaudino M (1996) High-temperature crystal chemistry of C2/c clinopyroxenes along the join CaMgSi2O6-CaAl2SiO6 European Journal of Mineralogy 8 273-279		1996		0	293
0006695	Diopside	Kabalov Y K, Oeckler O, Sokolova E V, Mironov A B, Chesnokov B V (1997) Subsilicic ferrian aluminian diopside from the Chelyabinsk coal basin (Southern Urals) - an unusual clinopyroxene European Journal of Mineralogy 9 617-621		1997	Chelyabinsk coal basin, Southern Urals	0	293
0006718	Diopside	Redhammer G J (1998) Mossbauer spectroscopy and Rietveld refinement on synthetic ferri-Tschermak's molecule CaFe3+(Fe3+Si)O6 substituted diopside European Journal of Mineralogy 10 439-452		1998		0	293
0006719	Diopside	Redhammer G J (1998) Mossbauer spectroscopy and Rietveld refinement on synthetic ferri-Tschermak's molecule CaFe3+(Fe3+Si)O6 substituted diopside European Journal of Mineralogy 10 439-452		1998		0	293
0006720	Diopside	Redhammer G J (1998) Mossbauer spectroscopy and Rietveld refinement on synthetic ferri-Tschermak's molecule CaFe3+(Fe3+Si)O6 substituted diopside European Journal of Mineralogy 10 439-452		1998		0	293
0006721	Diopside	Redhammer G J (1998) Mossbauer spectroscopy and Rietveld refinement on synthetic ferri-Tschermak's molecule CaFe3+(Fe3+Si)O6 substituted diopside European Journal of Mineralogy 10 439-452		1998		0	293
0006722	Diopside	Redhammer G J (1998) Mossbauer spectroscopy and Rietveld refinement on synthetic ferri-Tschermak's molecule CaFe3+(Fe3+Si)O6 substituted diopside European Journal of Mineralogy 10 439-452		1998		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Diopside' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Cameron M' 'Sueno S' 'Prewitt C T' 'Papike J J' _journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist' _journal_volume 58 _journal_year 1973 _journal_page_first 594 _journal_page_last 618 _publ_section_title ; High-temperature crystal chemistry of acmite, diopside, hedenbergite, jadeite, spodumene, and ureyite T = 24 C pyroxene ; _database_code_amcsd 0000340 _chemical_formula_sum 'Si2 Mg Ca O6' _cell_length_a 9.745 _cell_length_b 8.899 _cell_length_c 5.251 _cell_angle_alpha 90 _cell_angle_beta 105.63 _cell_angle_gamma 90 _cell_volume 438.532 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 3.280 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/c 1' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '1/2+x,1/2+y,z' 'x,-y,1/2+z' '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z' '-x,y,1/2-z' '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-z' '-x,-y,-z' '1/2-x,1/2-y,-z' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z Si 0.28620 0.09330 0.22930 Mg1 0.00000 0.90820 0.25000 Ca2 0.00000 0.30150 0.25000 O1 0.11560 0.08730 0.14220 O2 0.36110 0.25000 0.31800 O3 0.35050 0.01760 0.99530 loop_ _atom_site_aniso_label _atom_site_aniso_U_11 _atom_site_aniso_U_22 _atom_site_aniso_U_33 _atom_site_aniso_U_12 _atom_site_aniso_U_13 _atom_site_aniso_U_23 Si 0.00245 0.00285 0.00332 -0.00013 0.00060 -0.00023 Mg1 0.00335 0.00301 0.00319 0.00000 0.00022 0.00000 Ca2 0.00803 0.00461 0.00549 0.00000 -0.00079 0.00000 O1 0.00272 0.00501 0.00460 0.00025 0.00026 0.00039 O2 0.00674 0.00381 0.00644 -0.00233 0.00070 -0.00021 O3 0.00410 0.00614 0.00442 0.00000 0.00125 -0.00157

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Data Set: Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada 23 Fassathal, Tyrol 259 New City Quarry, Riverside, Riverside County, Calfornia, USA 1811 Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA 2071 Oka, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2155 Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada 2391

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2.991 Å	(100)
2.528 Å	(40)
2.893 Å	(30)
2.518 Å	(30)
3.23 Å	(25)
2.952 Å	(25)
1.625 Å	(25)

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Schwartzenstein, Austria, ICDD 11-654.

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Afghanistan
Badakhshan Jurm District Koksha Valley ⓘ Farghamiru	Thomas P. Moore, Robert W. M. Woodside (2014) The Sar-e-Sang Lapis Mines. Mineralogical Record May-June 2014 p 305 & 332
ⓘ Fargon Meeru	Moore, T.P.,Woodside, R.M.W. (2014): The Sar-e-Sang Lapis Mines, Kuran Wa Munjan district, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Mineralogical Record 45 (3), 280-336.
Kuran wa Munjan District Koksha Valley ⓘ Robate Payan	Moore, T.P.,Woodside, R.M.W. (2014): The Sar-e-Sang Lapis Mines, Kuran Wa Munjan district, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Mineralogical Record 45 (3), 280-336.
ⓘ Sar-e-Sang	Woolley A.R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe, p. 28
ⓘ Jungaluk	Moore, T.P.,Woodside, R.M.W. (2014): The Sar-e-Sang Lapis Mines, Kuran Wa Munjan district, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Mineralogical Record 45 (3), 280-336.
ⓘ Ladjuar Medam	Journal of Petrology 43(4):725-747 (2002); Canadian Mineralogist (1979) 17:47-52
ⓘ Pitwak Mine	John Attard (2014) Private Communication
ⓘ Unnamed Evaporite occurrence	Moore, T.P.,Woodside, R.M.W. (2014): The Sar-e-Sang Lapis Mines, Kuran Wa Munjan district, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. Mineralogical Record 45 (3), 280-336.
Ghazni Malistan District ⓘ Deposit No. 551	Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110
Muqur District ⓘ Basharghar Au occurrence	Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110
ⓘ Zarkashan Au-Cu deposit	Stephen G. Peters, Said H. Mirzad, Emily Scott, and Bernard E. Hubbard (2011) Summary of the Zarkashan Copper and Gold Area of Interest. Summaries of Important Areas for Mineral Investment and Production Opportunities of Nonfuel Minerals in Afghanistan, chapter 15A (pp.1113-1153) Katherine C. Malpeli, Peter G. Chirico, and Isabel H. McLoughlin (2013) Reconnaissance Investigation of the Placer Gold Deposits in the Zarkashan Area of Interest, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Open-File Report 2013–1179. USGS Afghanistan Project Product No. 185. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Kandahar Shah Wali Kot District ⓘ Ghbargay Cu-Bi-Sn occurrence	Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110
ⓘ Kunar	various photographs
Nangarhar ⓘ Khogyani District	Rob Lavinsky.
Sherzad District Spin Ghar range ⓘ Marki Khel	Blauwet, D., 2008, Pakistan and Afghanistan: Garnet from the Roof of the World, in: Garnet, Great Balls of Fire, Lithographie, LLC
Urozgan Gizab District ⓘ Buzghala Au-Cu occurrence	Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110
Africa
ⓘ Mount Bisoke	Denaeyer, M. E., & Schellinck, F. (1965). Recueil d'analyses des laves du fosse tectonique de l'Afrique Centrale (Kivu, Rwanda, Toro-Ankole). Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale. Marcelot, G., & Rançon, J. P. (1988). Mineral chemistry of leucitites from Visoke Volcano (Virunga Range, Rwanda): petrogenetic implications. Mineralogical Magazine, 52(368), 603-613. doi.org/10.1180/minmag.1988.052.368.05 De Mulder, M., & Pasteels, P. (1986). K Ar geochronology of the Karisimbi volcano (Virunga, Rwanda-Zaire). Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 5(6), 575-579. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(86)90023-0
ⓘ Mount Elgon	Bishop, W. W., Miller, J. A., & Fitch, F. J. (1969). New potassium-argon age determinations relevant to the Miocene fossil mammal sequence in East Africa. American Journal of Science, 267(6), 669-699. Davies, K. A. (1952). The building of Mount Elgon (East Africa): Uganda Geol. Surv. Ödman, O.H. 1931. Volcanic rocks of Mt Elgon in British East Africa. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 52, 455-537. Ödman, O. H. (1932). Mineragraphic Study on the Opaque Minerals in the Lavas from Mt. Elgon, British East Africa. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 54(3), 285-304. doi.org/10.1080/11035893209448796 Simonetti, A., & Bell, K. (1995). Nd, Pb and Sr isotopic data from the Mount Elgon volcano, eastern Uganda-western Kenya: implications for the origin and evolution of nephelinite lavas. Lithos, 36(2), 141-153. doi.org/10.1016/0024-4937(95)00011-4 Walker, A. (1969). Fossil Mammal Locality on Mount Elgon, Eastern Ugand: Lower Miocene Fossils from Mount Elgon Uganda. Nature, 223(5206), 591-596.
ⓘ Mount Karisimbi	Marcelot, G., Rançon, J. P., & Demange, J. (1985). The potassic series of Karisimbi volcano (Virunga range, Rwanda): Volcanological and petrological aspects. Journal of volcanology and geothermal research, 26(1-2), 99-129. doi.org/10.1016/0377-0273(85)90048-4 De Mulder, M. (1985). The Karisimbi volcano (Virunga). Annales-Musée royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Sciences géologiques, (90). De Mulder, M., & Pasteels, P. (1986). K Ar geochronology of the Karisimbi volcano (Virunga, Rwanda-Zaire). Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 5(6), 575-579. doi.org/10.1016/0899-5362(86)90023-0 De Mulder, M., Hertogen, J., Deutsch, S., & André, L. (1986). The role of crustal contamination in the potassic suite of the Karisimbi volcano (Virunga, African Rift Valley). Chemical geology, 57(1-2), 117-136. doi.org/10.1016/0009-2541(86)90097-5 Rogers, N. W., De Mulder, M., & Hawkesworth, C. J. (1992). An enriched mantle source for potassic basanites: evidence from Karisimbi volcano, Virunga volcanic province, Rwanda. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 111(4), 543-556. doi.org//10.1007/BF00320908
Albania
Dibër County Bater-Martanesh mining district ⓘ Bulqiza Complex (Bulqiza Massif)	Çina, A. (2010). Mineralogy of chromitite, Bulqiza ultramaficmassif, albanian ophiolitic complex. Δελτίον της Ελληνικής Γεωλογικής Εταιρίας, 43(5), 2577-2587.
Algeria
Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province Bordj Badji Mokhtar District Bordj Badji Mokhtar ⓘ Ouallen meteorite	Oba, T., Nagase, K. & Hayashi, A. (1998) Mineralogy and petrology of chondrule in Ouallen (Tanezrouft) meteorite: Bulletin Joetsu Univ. Educ. 17(2): 891-899. (March1998).
Bouïra Province Sour El Ghozlane District Sour El-Ghozlane ⓘ Aumale meteorite	Dunn, T.L., Cressy, G., McSween Jr, H.Y. & McCoy, T.J. (2010) Analysis of ordinary chondrites using powder X-ray diffraction: 1. Modal mineral abundances. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45(1): 123-134. (Jan 2010).
In Salah Province In Salah District Foggaret Ezzaouia ⓘ Acfer 094 meteorite	Krot, A. N., Fagan, T. J., Keil, K., McKeegan, K. D., Sahijpal, S., Hutcheon, I. D., Petaev, M. I. & Yurimoto, H. (2004). Ca,Al-rich inclusions, amoeboid olivine aggregates, and Al-rich chondrules from the unique carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094: I. mineralogy and petrology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (9), 2167-2184. (May 2004).
Lakhbi ⓘ Northwest Africa 2046 Martian meteorite	www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb88.pdf.
Skikda Province Azzaba District Es Sebt ⓘ Kef Hahouner lamproite intrusion	Lustrino, M., Agostini, S., Chalal, Y., Fedele, L., Stagno, V., Colombi, F., & Bouguerra, A. (2016). Exotic lamproites or normal ultrapotassic rocks? The Late Miocene volcanic rocks from Kef Hahouner, NE Algeria, in the frame of the circum-Mediterranean lamproites. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 327, 539-553.
ⓘ Koudiat el Anzazza lamproite intrusion	Kamiskey, F.V., Raman'ko, Ye.F., Kolesnikov, S.K. & Salkhi, M. 1993. Lamproites of northern Algeria. International Geology Review, 35, 235-252. Raoult, J. F., & Velde, D. (1971). Découvertes de trachytes potassiques aolivine et d’andésites en coulées dans le Miocene continental au Sud du Kef Hahouner (Nord du Constantinois). CR Acad. Sci. Paris, 272, 1051-1054.
Tamanrasset Province (Tamanghasset Province) Abalessa District ⓘ Tahalra Volcanic Field	Allègre, C. J., Dupré, B., Lambret, B., & Richard, P. (1981). The subcontinental versus suboceanic debate, I Lead-neodymium-strontium isotopes in primary alkali basalts from a shield area the Ahaggar volcanic suite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 52(1), 85-92. Girod, M., Dautria, J. M., & De Giovanni, R. (1981). A first insight into the constitution of the upper mantle under the Hoggar area (southern Algeria): the lherzolite xenoliths in the alkali-basalts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77(1), 66-73. Dautria, J. M., Liotard, J. M., Cabanes, N., Girod, M., & Briqueu, L. (1987). Amphibole-rich xenoliths and host alkali basalts: petrogenetic constraints and implications on the recent evolution of the upper mantle beneath Ahaggar (Central Sahara, Southern Algeria). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 95(2), 133-144. Dautria, J. M., Dostal, J., Dupuy, C., & Liotard, J. M. (1988). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of alkali basalts from Tahalra (Hoggar, Northwest Africa). Chemical Geology, 69(1-2), 17-35. Leblanc, M., Dautria, J. M., & Girod, M. (1982). Magnesian ilmenitite xenoliths in a basanite from Tahalra, Ahaggar (Southern Algeria). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 79(4), 347-354
ⓘ Atakor Volcanic Field	Allègre, C. J., Dupré, B., Lambret, B., & Richard, P. (1981). The subcontinental versus suboceanic debate, I Lead-neodymium-strontium isotopes in primary alkali basalts from a shield area the Ahaggar volcanic suite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 52(1), 85-92. Boivin, P., & Camus, G. (1981). Igneous scapolite-bearing associations in the Chaine des Puys, Massif Central (France) and Atakor (Hoggar, Algeria). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77(4), 365-375. Dupuy, C., Dostal, J., Dautria, J. M., & Girod, M. (1986). Geochemistry of spinel peridotite inclusions in basalts from Hoggar, Algeria. Journal of African Earth Sciences (1983), 5(3), 209-215. Girod, M. (1971). Le massif volcanique de l'Atakor (Hoggar, Sahara algérien): étude pétrographique, structurale et volcanologique. Centre de Recherches sur les zones arides. Serie Geologie, Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 12, 1-158. Girod, M., Dautria, J. M., & De Giovanni, R. (1981). A first insight into the constitution of the upper mantle under the Hoggar area (southern Algeria): the lherzolite xenoliths in the alkali-basalts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 77(1), 66-73. Rognon, P., Gourinard, Y., Bandet, Y., Koeniguer, J. C., & Delteil-Desneux, F. (1983). Precisions chronologiques sur l'evolution volcanotectonique et geomorphologique de l'Atakor (Hoggar); apports des donnees radiometriques (K/Ar) et paleobotaniques (bois fossiles). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7(6), 973-980.
ⓘ In Ouzzal	Allègre, C. J., & Caby, R. (1972). Chronologie absolue du Précambrien de l'Ahaggar occidental. CR Acad. Sci. Paris, 275(D), 2095-2098. Bernard-Griffiths, J., Peucat, J. J., Fourcade, S., Kienast, J. R., & Ouzegane, K. (1988). Origin and evolution of 2 Ga old carbonatite complex (Ihouhaouene, Ahaggar, Algeria): Nd and Sr isotopic evidence. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 100(3), 339-348. doi.org/ 10.1007/BF00379743 Carpena, J., Kienast, J. R., Ouzegane, K., & Jehanno, C. (1988). Evidence of the contrasted fission-track clock behavior of the apatites from In Ouzzal carbonatites (northwest Hoggar): The low-temperature thermal history of an Archean basement. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 100(8), 1237-1243. doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1988)100<1237:EOTCFT>2.3.CO;2 Fourcade, S., KIENAST, J. R., & Ouzegane, K. (1996). Metasomatic effects related to channelled fluid streaming through deep crust: fenites and associated carbonatites (In Ouzzal Proterozoic granulites, Hoggar, Algeria). Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 14(6), 763-781. doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1314.1996.00055.x Ouzegane, K., Fourcade, S., Kienast, J. R., & Javoy, M. (1988). New carbonatite complexes in the Archaean In'Ouzzal nucleus (Ahaggar, Algeria): mineralogical and geochemical data. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 98(3), 277-292. doi.org/10.1007/BF00375179
Angola
Cuanza Sul Province Seles ⓘ Catanda	Gomes, C. de S.F. 1969. Ocorrencia de chromite no carbonatito vulcanico da Catanda (Angola). Boletim dos Servicos de Geologia e Minas de Angola, Luanda, 20, 55-59. Lapido-Loureiro, F.E. 1973. Carbonatitos de Angola. Memorias e Trabalhos do Instituto de Investigacoes Cientifica de Angola, 11. Silva, M.V.S. 1973. Estrutura vulcanico-carbonatitica da Catanda (Angola). Boletim dos Servicos de Geologia e Minas de Angola, 24, 5-14.
Cunene Province Namacunde ⓘ Ehole meteorite	Dunn, T.L., Cressy, G., McSween Jr, H.Y. & McCoy, T.J. (2010) Analysis of ordinary chondrites using powder X-ray diffraction: 1. Modal mineral abundances. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45(1):123-134. (Jan 2010). between textural maturity and temperature: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(7):1855-1881. (April 2007).
Huambo Province Londuimbali ⓘ Monte Verde	Amores-Casals, S.; Gonçalves, A.O.; Melgarejo, J.-C.; Molist, J.M. (2020) Nb and REE Distribution in the Monte Verde Carbonatite–Alkaline–Agpaitic Complex (Angola). Minerals 10, 5.
Huíla Province Quilengues ⓘ Mount Bonga	Amores-Casals, S., Melgarejo, J. C., Bambi, A., Gonçalves, A. O., Morais, E. A., Manuel, J., ... & Molist, J. M. (2019). Lamprophyre-Carbonatite Magma Mingling and Subsolidus Processes as Key Controls on Critical Element Concentration in Carbonatites—The Bonga Complex (Angola). Minerals, 9(10), 601.
ⓘ Mount Tchivira	Eur. J. Mineral. , 1993, 5, pp. 1001-1024.
Lunda Norte Province Chicapa River ⓘ Camatchia-Camagico mine	Milesi, J. P., Toteu, S. F., Deschamps, Y., Feybesse, J. L., Lerouge, C., Cocherie, A., ... & Nicol, N. (2006). An overview of the geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa: Explanatory note for the 1: 4,000,000 map “Geology and major ore deposits of Central Africa”. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 44(4-5), 571-595.
Lucapa ⓘ Camatue mine	Pavel M. Kartashov data
Lunda Sul Province Catoca kimberlite field ⓘ Catoca Mine	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] http://www.venuewest.com/8IKC/s1post.htm; Cruz, S. R., Watangua, M., Melgarejo, J. C., & Gali, S. (2008). New insights into the concept of ilmenite as an indicator for diamond exploration, based on kimberlit petrographic analysis. Revista de la sociedad española de mineralogia, 9, 205-206.; Nikitina, L. P., Marin, Y. B., Skublov, S. G., Korolev, N. M., Saltykova, A. K., Zinchenko, V. N., & Chissupa, H. M. (2012). U-Pb age and geochemistry of zircon from mantle xenoliths of the Katoka and Kat-115 kimberlitic pipes (Republic of Angola). In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 445, No. 1, pp. 840-844). MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.
Antarctica	[var: Diallage] AmMin 36:361-367
Eastern Antarctica ⓘ Fuglefjellet	Elvevold, S., & Ohta, Y. (2010). Nature environment map: HU Sverdrupfjella, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, 1: 150 000.
Mac Robertson Land Prince Charles Mountains Jetty Peninsula ⓘ Jetty Oasis	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Kogarko, L.N., Kurat, G., and Ntaflos, T. (2007) Henrymeyerite in the metasomatized upper mantle of eastern Antarctica. The Canadian Mineralogist, 45(3), 497-501.
Queen Elizabeth Land Pensacola Mountains ⓘ Mount Campleman	Leat, P. T., Riley, T. R., Storey, B. C., Kelley, S. P., & Millar, I. L. (2000). Middle Jurassic ultramafic lamprophyre dyke within the Ferrar magmatic province, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mineralogical Magazine, 64(1), 95-111.
Queen Maud Land ⓘ Belgica 7904 meteorite	Kimura, M. & Ikeda, Y. (1992). Mineralogy and Petrology of an unusual Belgica-7904 Carbonaceous Chondrite: Genetic Relationships among the Components. Proc. NIPR Symp. Antarct. Meteorites 5: 74-119. (March 1992)
Drygalski Mountains ⓘ Marmorny Nunatak
ⓘ Kjakebeinet and Muren	Luttinen, A. V., Zhang, X., & Foland, K. A. (2002). 159 Ma Kjakebeinet lamproites (Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica) and their implications for Gondwana breakup processes. Geological Magazine, 139(5), 525-539.
Queen Fabiola Mts ⓘ Yamato 000593 Martian meteorite	Gyollai, I., Kereszturi, A., Chatzitheodoridis, E. (2016): Analysis of altered mineral phases in Yamato 593 Martian meteorite. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: pdf no. 1911
ⓘ Yamato 691 meteorite	Ikeda Yukio (1988): Petrochemical study of the Yamato-691 enstatite chondrite (EH3) II: Descriptions and mineral compositions of unusual silicate-inclusions. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Antarctic Meteorites 1, 14-37. [http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110000029852/en/]
ⓘ Yamato 790729 meteorite	Kato, Y., Sekine, T., Kayama, M., Miyahara, M., & Yamaguchi, A. (2017). High‐pressure polymorphs in Yamato‐790729 L6 chondrite and their significance for collisional conditions. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 52(12), 2570-2585.
ⓘ Yamato 81020 meteorite	Kojima, T., Yada, S. & Tomeoka, K. (1995) Ca-Al-rich inclusions in three Antarctic CO3 chondrites, Yamato-81020 Yamato-82050 and Yamato-790992: Record of low temperature alteration. Proc. NIPR Symposium. Antarct. Meteorites 8: 79-96. (May 1995). ; Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites: IN: Planetary Materials (Papike, J.J. [Ed.]), Chapter 3, 398 pages: Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA.; Itoh, S., Rubin, A. E., Kojima, H., Wasson, J. T. & Yurimoto, H. (2003) Amoeboid Olivine Aggregates and AOA-bearing Chondrule from Y-81020 CO3.0 Chondrite: Distribution of Oxygen and Magnesium Isotopes (abstract): Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXIII, abstract #1490. (Mar 2003).
ⓘ Yamato 82050 meteorite	Kojima, T., Yada, S. & Tomeoka, K. (1995) Ca-Al-rich inclusions in three Antarctic CO3 chondrites, Yamato-81020 Yamato-82050 and Yamato-790992: Record of low temperature alteration. Proc. NIPR Symposium. Antarct. Meteorites 8: 79-96. (May 1995).; Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites: IN: Planetary Materials (James J. Papike, Editor), Chapter 3, 398 pages: Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. ; Hiyagon, H. & Hashimoto, A. (1999). An Ion Microprobe Study of Oxygen Isotopes in Various Types of Inclusions in Y-82050 (CO3), ALH-77307 (CO3) and Y-86009 (CV3) Chondrites (abstract): 30th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, abstract no. 1319. (Mar 1999).
Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ MacAlpine Hills 88136 meteorite	Lin, Y. T., Nagel, H-J., Lundberg, L. L. & El Goresy, A. (1991) MAC88136--The First EL3 Chondrite (abstract): Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXII: 811-812. (March 1991)
Miller Range ⓘ Miller Range 03443 meteorite	Mittlefehldt, D. W. (2008) Meteorite Dunite Breccia MIL 03443: A Probable Crustal Cumulate Closely Related to Diogenites from the HED Parent Asteroid: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX. LPI Contribution No. 1391: pdf.1919. (March 2008); Beck, A. W. & McSween, H. Y. (2010) Connections Between Dunite MIL 03443 and the Diogenite Meteorites: Lunar Planetary Science Conference XLI. LPI Contribution No. 1533: pdf.1104. (March 2010)
Victoria Land Allan Hills ⓘ Allan Hills 84008 meteorite	Rosenshein, E. B., Ivanova, M. A., Dickinson, T. L., McCoy, T. J., Lauretta, D. S., Guan, Y., (2006) Oxide-bearing and FeO-rich clasts in aubrites. Meteoritics, vol. 41, Issue 4, p.495-503
ⓘ Allan Hills 85085 meteorite	Glenn J. MacPherson, Andrew M. Davis & Jeffrey N. Grossman (1989). Refractory inclusions in the unique chondrite ALH85085. Meteoritics 24, p. 297.
ⓘ Allan Hills A76004 meteorite	Steele. I.M. (1995) Oscillatory zoning in meteoritic Forsterite: American Mineralogist 80 (7&8): 823-832. (Jul/Aug1995).
ⓘ Allan Hills A77003 meteorite	Brearley, A. J. & R.H. (1998) Chondritic Meteorites: IN: Planetary Materials (Papike, J.J., Editor), Chapter 3, 398 pages: Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA.
ⓘ Allan Hills A77230 meteorite	Tsuchiyama, A., Fujita, T. & Morimoto, N. (1988). Fe-Mg Heterogeneity in the low-Ca Pyroxenes during metamorphism of the Ordinary Chondrites. Proc. NIPR Symposium Antarct. Meteorites 1, 173-174.
ⓘ Allan Hills A77278 meteorite	Krot, A.N. & Rubin, A.E. (1994) Glass-rich chondrules in ordinary chondrites: New occurrences and possible origin: Meteoritics 29(5): 697-707. (Sept 1994).; Krot, A.N. & Wasson, J.T. (1994) Silica-merrihueite/roedderite-bearing chondrules and clasts in ordinary chondrites: New occurrences and possible origin: Meteoritics 29(5): 707-718. (Sept 1994).
ⓘ Allan Hills A77307 meteorite	http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2011/pdf/5190.pdf; Han, J. & Brearley, A. J. (2011) Evidence for Formation of Al-Ti Pyroxene by Reaction Between Perovskite and Melilite in a CAI-Like Object from an AOA in the ALHA 77307 CO3.0 Chondrite. 74th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held August 8-12, 2011 in London, UK. Published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science Supplement, id.5388. (Sept 2011) ; Han, J. & Brearley, A. J. (2012) The Microstructure and Microchemistry of Amoeboid Olivine Aggregates from the ALHA 77307 CO3.0 Carbonaceous Chondrite: Constraints on Formation and Thermal Histories: 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.1323. (Mar 2012)
Elephant Moraine ⓘ Elephant Moraine 90102 meteorite	Fogel, R. A. (1997) On the significance of diopside and oldhamite in enstatite chondrites and aubrites. Meteoritics, vol. 32, pages 577-591
ⓘ Frontier Mountain meteorite trap	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Meteoritical Bulletin, 84 (Aug. 2000)
ⓘ Greene Complex	Ricci, C. A. (1997). The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes; Proceedings of the VII International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, Siena, 1995. Terra Antartica Publ., 511-521
Grosvenor Mountains ⓘ Larkman Nunatak 04316 meteorite	Keil, K., Mccoy, T. J., Wilson, L., BARRAT, J. A., Rumble, D., Meier, M. M., ... & Huss, G. R. (2011). A composite Fe, Ni‐FeS and enstatite‐forsterite‐diopside‐glass vitrophyre clast in the Larkman Nunatak 04316 aubrite: Origin by pyroclastic volcanism. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 46(11), 1719-1741.
ⓘ Harrow Peaks	Gentili, S., Biagioni, C., Comodi, P., Pasero, M., Mccammon, C., Bonadiman, C. (2016): Ferri-kaersutite, NaCa2(Mg3TiFe3+)(Si6Al2)O22O2, a new oxo-amphibole from Harrow Peaks, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. American Mineralogist, 101, 461-468
ⓘ Mt Melbourne	Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2008, v. 293, p. 279-302 Hornig, I., & Wörner, G. (1991). Zirconolite-bearing ultra-potassic veins in a mantle-xenolith from Mt. Melbourne Volcanic Field, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 106(3), 355-366.
Ross Archipelago Ross Island ⓘ Hut Point Peninsula	Collection of RJ Martin
ⓘ White Island	Cooper, A. F., Adam, L. J., Coulter, R. F., Eby, G. N., & McIntosh, W. C. (2007). Geology, geochronology and geochemistry of a basanitic volcano, White Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 165(3-4), 189-216.
ⓘ Royal Society Range	Yoshida, Y., Kaminuma, K., & Shiraishi, K. (1992). Recent progress in Antarctic earth science. Tokyo: Terra Sci Pub Com, 257-264
Kaiser Wilhelm II Land ⓘ Gaussberg	Collerson, K. D., & McCulloch, M. T. (1983). Nd and Sr isotope geochemistry of leucite-bearing lavas from Gaussberg, East Antarctica. In Antarctic earth science. International symposium. 4 (pp. 676-680). Sheraton, J. W., & Cundari, A. (1980). Leucitites from gaussberg, Antarctica. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 71(4), 417-427.
Western Antarctica Antarctic Peninsula South Shetland Islands King George Island Admiralty Bay ⓘ Ezcurra Inlet	Mozer, A. (2012). Pre-glacial sedimentary facies of the Point Thomas Formation (Eocene) at Cytadela, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica. Polish Polar Research, 33(1), 41-62.
Marie Byrd Land ⓘ Dorrel Rock	Woolley A.R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe, p. 5 LeMasurier, W. E., Thomson, J. W., Baker, P. E., Kyle, P. R., Rowley, P. D., Smellie, J. L., & Verwoerd, W. J. (1990). Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Ocean (Vol. 48). American Geophysical Union, 235-237 LeMasurier, W. E., & Rex, D. C. (1982). Volcanic record of Cenozoic glacial history in Marie Byrd Land and western Ellsworth Land: Revised chronology and evaluation of tectonic factors. Antarctic Geoscience, 89, 725-734. Rocchi, S., LeMasurier, W. E., & Di Vincenzo, G. (2006). Oligocene to Holocene erosion and glacial history in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, inferred from exhumation of the Dorrel Rock intrusive complex and from volcano morphologies. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 118(7-8), 991-1005.
Executive Committee Range ⓘ Mount Sidley	Woolley, A.R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe: 8.
Argentina
Catamarca Province Andalgalá Department Aconquija ⓘ Caspichango pegmatite	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry
ⓘ El Carrizal	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry (2010).
ⓘ Villavil River	Raul J. Tauber Larry
Belén Department Farallón Negro Agua de Dionisio mining district ⓘ Rama Norte Vein	F. Martínez. ESTUDIO MINERALÓGICO PRELIMINAR DE LA ALTERACIÓN HIDROTERMAL DE LA ROCA DE CAJA DE LA VETA FARALLÓN NEGRO RAMA NORTE, PROVINCIA DE CATAMARCA, ARGENTINA. Fundación Miguel Lillo. Facundomartinezz22@hotmail.com
Chaco Province Doce de Octubre Department Gancedo ⓘ Campo del Cielo meteorite	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIV (2003)
Chubut Province Río Senguer Department Alto Río Senguer ⓘ El Abuelo skarn deposit	LANFRANCHINI, M.E.. Geological characterization of "El Abuelo" skarn deposit, Alto Rio Senguerr, Chubut. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2004, vol.59, n.4, pp. 685-692
Córdoba Province Punilla Department San Antonio District Pampa de Olaen ⓘ Los Guindos	Espeche, M. J., Lira, R., & Guereschi, A. B. () Zincocromita En Un Skarn Del Grupo Minero Los Guindos, Córdoba: Primer Registro En Argentina.
Jujuy Province Cochinoca Department Abdón Castro Tolay ⓘ Santa Ana	ZAPPETTINI, Eduardo O and SANTOS, Joao O. Finding of baddeleyite in Jujuy: Mineralogical data and U/Pb SHRIMP age. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 540-543.
Humahuaca Department El Aguilar ⓘ Aguilar Mine	Econ Geol (1992) 87:2085-2112; Milka K. de Brodtkorb (2002) Las Especies Minerales de la Republica Argentina. Vol. 1 (elements, sulphides and sulphosalts). (Asociacion Mineralogica Argentina)
ⓘ La Esperanza deposit	USGS Open-File Report 2009-1252 Sediment-hosted zinc-lead deposits of the world - Database and grade and tonnage models
Mendoza Province Las Heras Department Capdevilla District ⓘ Puesto la Peña alkaline complex	ZAPPETTINI, Eduardo O.; BRODTKORB, Milka K. de; BERNHARDT, Heinz-Jürgen and VILLAR, Luisa. The spinels of the alcaline complex Puesto la Peña, province of Mendoza. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 544-549; Pagano Género, D. S., Galliski, M. A., Marquez Zavalia, M. F., Novák, M., & Skoda, R. (2016). Petrography, mineralogy, and origin of the syenite pegmatitic segregation veins from La Peña alkaline complex, Mendoza, Argentina.; Pagano Género, D. S., Galliski, M. A., Marquez Zavalia, M. F., & Colombo, F. (2016). Petrology and mineralogy of the La Peña igneous complex, Mendoza, Argentina: An alkaline occurrence in the Miocene magmatism of the Southern Central Andes.; Pagano, D.S., Galliski, M.Á., Márquez-Zavalía, M.F., Colombo, F. (2016): Petrology and mineralogy of the La Peña igneous complex, Mendoza, Argentina: An alkaline occurrence in the Miocene magmatism of the Southern Central Andes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences: 67 (in press); http://forum.amiminerals.it/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12553 (2016)
Malargüe Department Malargüe District Los Molles ⓘ Vegas Peladas deposit	PONS, María Josefina; FRANCHINI, Marta; MAS, Graciela and RIOS, Francisco Javier. Genetic model of the Vegas Peladas Fe-sakarns, Mendoza, Argentina. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.4, pp. 615-634
San Carlos Department Pareditas District ⓘ Portillo Argentino prospect	DE BRODTKORB, Milka K. Precious metaltellurides and other Te-bearing minerals in different paragenesis of Argentina: A review. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2009, vol.64, n.3, pp. 365-372.
Salta Province Cafayate Department Santa Maria Valley Tolombón ⓘ San José Formation	Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry; Herbst, Rafael, Morton, Lourdes S., Anzótegui, Luisa M., Garralla, Silvina S., Robledo, Juan M. (2011) - LA FORMACIÓN SAN JOSÉ (MIOCENO MEDIO) EN LA LOCALIDAD DE TOLOMBÓN,PROVINCIA DE SALTA. FACENA-UNNE y CECOAL-CONICET. Ruta 5, km 2,5-3400 Corrientes, Argentina.
Iruya Department ⓘ Los Alisos	Woolley, A.R. (1987) Alkaline rocks and carbonatites of the world. p 163.
ⓘ Rio Grande Cu-Au prospect	https://www.aldebaranresources.com/projects/rio-grande/
ⓘ Tucumán Province	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Hugo A. Peña (1970): Minerales y rocas de aplicación de la Provincia de Tucumán. Secretaría de Estado de Comercio, Industria y Minería. Dirección Provincial de Minas. Tucumán. República Argentina.
ⓘ Tafí del Valle Department	Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry
ⓘ Amaicha del Valle	Raúl JorgeTauber Larry
ⓘ Los Cardones	Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry
ⓘ El Remate	Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry
ⓘ Pucará de Los Cardones	R. J.Tauber Larry (2012). Visita al sector Pucará de Los Cardones, Departamento Tafí del Valle, Provincia de Tucumán.
ⓘ Los Zazos	Raúl Jorge Tauber Larry
Colalao del Valle Cerro Lomas Coloradas Estancia Anchilla ⓘ Estancia Anchilla Pegmatite District	Raúl J. Tauber Larry (2012).;
ⓘ San Fenancio Mine	R. J. Tauber Larry (2012). Visita a los cuerpos pegmatíticos de Estancia Anchilla, Departamento Tafí del Valle, Provincia de Tucum´´an.; R. J.Tauber Larry (2012). Visita a los cuerpos pegmatíticos de Estancia Anchilla, Departamento Tafí del Valle, Provincia de Tucumán.
Armenia
Kotayk Province Hrazdan ⓘ Hrazdan Iron-Ore project	Bowell, Rob, Christopher Brough, Andrew Barnes, and Arman Vardanyan. (2021) "Geometallurgy of Trace Elements in the Hrazdan Iron Deposit" Minerals 11, no. 10: 1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11101085
Lori Province ⓘ Bunduk intrusion	Kogarko, L. N., Konova, V. A., Orlova, M. P., & Woolley, A. R. (1995). Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbai’an, Georgia). In Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World (pp. 59-64). Springer Netherlands.
Asia
ⓘ Emeishan Traps	Song, X. Y., Qi, H. W., Robinson, P. T., Zhou, M. F., Cao, Z. M., & Chen, L. M. (2008). Melting of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle by the Emeishan mantle plume; evidence from the basal alkaline basalts in Dongchuan, Yunnan, Southwestern China. Lithos, 100(1-4), 93-111. Qi, L., Wang, C. Y., & Zhou, M. F. (2008). Controls on the PGE distribution of Permian Emeishan alkaline and peralkaline volcanic rocks in Longzhoushan, Sichuan Province, SW China. Lithos, 106(3-4), 222-236.
Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex Sierra Leone fracture zone Markov Deep ⓘ Northeastern rim	Sharkov, E.V., Abramov, S.S., Simonov, V.A., Krinov, D.I., Skolotnev, S.G., Bel’tenev, V.E., and Bortnikov, N.S. (2007): Geology of Ore Deposits 49(6), 467-486.
Australia
Australian Capital Territory Paddys River District ⓘ Paddy's River Cu Mine	McQueen, Ken G.; J. R. Caldwell; P. W. Millsteed (July 1988). "Primary and Secondary Minerals at the Paddy's River Mine, Australian Capital Territory". Australian Mineralogist 3: 83–100.
Bonaparte Basin ⓘ Fohn Lamproites	Gorter, J. D., & Glikson, A. Y. (2002). Fohn lamproite and a possible Late Eocene—pre‐Miocene diatreme field, Northern Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 49(5), 847-868.
ⓘ East Australian Leucitite Suite	Cundari, A. (1973). Petrology of the leucite‐bearing lavas in New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, 20(4), 465-492. Cundari, A., & Salviulo, G. (1989). Ti solubility in diopsidic pyroxene from a suite of New South Wales leucitites (Australia). Lithos, 22(3), 191-198. Cundari, A. (1989). East Australian leucitite suite. Intraplate Volcanism in Eastern Australia and New Zealand, 131-132. Ferguson, A. K., & Cundari, A. (1982). Feldspar crystallization trends in leucite-bearing and related assemblages. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 81(3), 212-218.
New South Wales Arrawatta Co. Ashford ⓘ Ashford Caves magnetite prospect	Brown R.E., Brownlow J.W. and Stroud W.J. (1997) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Inverell Metallogenic Map (SH/56-5). Published by the Geological Survey of New South Wales.
Bligh Co. Leadville ⓘ Mount Stewart Mine	Ashley, P.M., and Willott, B.R. (1997): Mineralium Deposita 32, 16-33.
Brisbane Co. ⓘ Scone Teschenite Sills	Martin, D.J. (1984) Titanian aegirine in a teschenite sill. 48: 529-531
Camden Co. ⓘ Southern Highlands Volcanic Field	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] O'Reilly, S.Y. (1989) Southern Highlands, Grabben Gullen, Abercrombie, and Kandos. In: Johnson, R.W., Knutson, J., Taylor, S.R. (eds.) (1989) Intraplate volcanism in Eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, 129-130. O'Reilly, S.Y., Griffin, W.L. (1984) Sr isotopic heterogeneity in primitive basaltic rocks, southeastern Australia: correlation with mantle metasomatism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 87(3), 220-230.
Clarendon Co. Gundagai ⓘ Fontenoy	Minerals in podiform chromitites - Tumut Serpentinite Province, Southern New South Wales, Graham, Franklin and Marshall, 2001, Australian Journal of Mineralogy 7(1).
Cowper Co. Doradilla ⓘ 3KEL prospect	Byrnes, J.G. (1993) Bourke 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map (SH/55-10): Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 127p.
ⓘ Doradilla prospect	Gary R Burton, Steven J Trigg, Lance P Black (2007) A Middle Triassic age for felsic intrusions and associated mineralisation in the Doradilla prospect area, New South Wales. Quarterly Notes Geological Survey of New South Wales No 125.
ⓘ Midway prospect	Burton, G.R., Trigg, S.J., Black, L.P. (2007) A Middle Triassic age for felsic intrusions and associated mineralisation in the Doradilla prospect area, New South Wales. Quarterly Notes Geological Survey of New South Wales No. 125.
Cunningham Co. ⓘ Walkers Hill Copper Mine	Gilligan, L.B., Suppel, D.W. (1993) Metallogenic Study and Mineral Deposit Data Sheets: Nymagee 1:250 000 Metallogenic Map (SI/55-2). Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney, 171 pages.
Darling Co. Barraba ⓘ Woodsreef Mine (Wood's Reef Mine; Woodsreef Asbestos Mine; Wood'sreef asbestos deposit)	Oskierski, H. C., Dlugogorski, B. Z., & Jacobsen, G. (2013) Sequestration of atmospheric CO₂ in chrysotile mine tailings of the Woodsreef Asbestos Mine, Australia: Quantitative mineralogy, isotopic fingerprinting and carbonation rates, Chemical Geology, vol. 358, 156-169.
Evelyn Co. Milparinka Moorabie Bore ⓘ Moorabie meteorite	Russell, S.S., Huss, G.R., MacPherson, G.J. & Wasserburg, G.J. (1997) Early and late chondrule formation - New constraints for solar nebula chronology from Al-26/Al-27 in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites: 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference: 209-210.
Gordon Co. ⓘ Dubbo Volcanic Field	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Meakin, N. S., Morgan, E. J., & Barron, L. M. (1999). Dubbo 1: 250 000 Geological Sheet SI/55-4: Explanatory Notes. Geological Survey of New South Wales. Wass, S. Y., & Irving, A. J. (1976). XENMEG. A Catalogue of Occurrences of Xenoliths and Megacrysts in Basic Volcanic Rocks of Eastern Australia. The Australian Museum, Sydney.
Hardinge Co. Copeton Dam ⓘ Staggy Creek lead	Antony Burnham, Bill Griffin, Hugh O'Neil (2018) Hybrid lithologies in the source of diamonds from Copeton and Bingara, NSW, Australia. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 126
Mouramba Co. Nymagee ⓘ Hera Mine (Hera deposit)	McKinnon, A.R., Fitzherbert, J.A. (2017) New developments at the Hera Au-Pb-Zn-Ag Mine, Nymagee, New South Wales. Discoveries in the Tasmanides 2017, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, AIG Bulletin 67. Graham, Ian T., Adam McKinnon, Khalid Schellen, Angela Lay, Elizabeth Liepa, Lachlan Burrows, Karen Privat, Hongyan Quan, David French, and Christian Dietz. (2021) "Hera: Evidence for Multiple Mineralization Events and Remobilization in a Sediment-Hosted Au-Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Central New South Wales, Australia" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 6, no. 1: 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/iecms2021-09345
Murchison Co. ⓘ Bingara	Davies, R.M., Griffin, W.L., O'Reilly, S.Y., Andrew, A.S. (2003) Unusual mineral inclusions and carbon isotopes of alluvial diamonds from Bingara, eastern Australia. Lithos, 69(1-2), 51-66.
Upper Bingara ⓘ Ruby Hill Fossicking Reserve	Sutherland, F.L., Coenraads, R.R., Schwarz, D., Raynor, L.R., Barron, B.J., Webb, G.B. (2003) Al-rich diopside in alluvial ruby and corundum-bearing xenoliths, Australian and SE Asian basalt fields. Mineralogical Magazine, 67(4). 717-732.
Parry Co. ⓘ Square Top Intrusion	Wilkinson, J. F. G. (1965). Some feldspars, nephelines and analcimes from the Square Top Intrusion, Nundle, NSW. Journal of Petrology, 6(3), 420-444. Mason, D. R. (1989). Barrington. Intraplate volcanism in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 123-124.
Roxburgh Co. ⓘ Walang	Lawrence, L.J. (1958) On the Genetic and Structural Relations between Contact Metamorphic Mineralization and a Hydrothermal Vein at Walang, N.S.W. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Vol.92, 47-55.
St Vincent Co. Nerriga ⓘ Ettrema Mine	SECCOMBE, P. K., DOWNES, P. M., ASHLEY, P. M., BRATHWAITE, R., GREEN, G. R., MURRAY, C., & RUBENACH, M. J. World Skarn Deposits: Skarn Deposits of the Southwest Pacific. Economic Geology; McIlveen, G.R. (1975) Part 1. Mine Data Sheets to accompany Metallogenic Map, Ulladulla 1:250 000 Sheet. Geological Survey of New South Wales, 81 pages.
Yancowinna Co. Broken Hill district Broken Hill ⓘ Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (Proprietary Mine; BHP Mine)	Minerals of Broken Hill, Dr HK Worner et al. Australian Mining & Smelting Ltd, Melbourne, 1982
ⓘ Lakes Knob	Econ Geol (1994) 89:423-437
Yungnulgra Co. White Cliffs ⓘ Kayrunnera	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Pearson, N.J., O'Reilly, S.Y., Griffin, W.L. (1991) The granulite to eclogite transition beneath the eastern margin of the Australian craton. European Journal of Mineralogy, 3(2), 293-322.
Northern Territory Barkly Region Sandover ⓘ Mordor Intrusive Complex	Jaques, A. L., Creaser, R. A., Ferguson, J., & Smith, C. B. (1985). A review of the alkaline rocks of Australia. Verhandelinge van die Geologiese Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, 88(2), 311-334. Langworthy, A. P., & Black, L. P. (1978). The Mordor Complex: a highly differentiated potassic intrusion with kimberlitic affinities in central Australia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 67(1), 51-62. Nelson, D. R., Black, L. P., & McCulloch, M. T. (1989). Nd‐pb isotopic characteristics of the mordor complex, northern territory: Mid‐proterozoic potassic magmatism from an enriched mantle source. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 36(4), 541-551.
Central Desert Region Alcoota Station ⓘ Mud Tank Vermiculite Mine	Crohn, P.W., Moore, D.H. (1984) The Mud Tank Carbonatite. Strangways Range. central Australia. BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia Vol (9) pp.13-18.
ⓘ Mud Tank Zircon Field	Crohn, P.W. & Moore, D.H., (1984) The Mud Tank Carbonatite, Strangways Range, central Australia. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics 9:1:13-18. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Canberra.
Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges) Ambalindum Station ⓘ Coggan Bore	Personal collecting
ⓘ Last Chance Mica Mine	Thompson, D. (ed) (1986) A Guide to Fossicking in the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy, 2nd ed., 73p. ; Zia U. Bajwah, Huckitta 1:250 000 Mineral deposit data series, Northern Territory Geological Survey, 1994
Harding Springs ⓘ Yambla Prospect	Drake-Brockman, J. (1995) Harts Range Project Annual Report 1994, Vol. 1, PNC Exploration (Australia) Pty Ltd. (CR 95/298A).
Mount Mabel ⓘ Oonagalabi Prospect	Skwarnecki, M.S. (2004) Oonagalabi Basic Metal Prospect, Harts Range, Northern Territory, CRC LEME CSIRO Land and Water Report.
Spriggs Creek Bore (Spriggs Bore) ⓘ Mistral Ruby Mine (Hillrise Prospect)	Barfuss Corporation Pty. Ltd. (1994) Annual Report on: Exploration Activities and Proposal for Future Exploration on Exploration on Exploration Licence 7717 Harts Range, Northern Territory, CR 94/536.
Jervois Station Bonya ⓘ City of Medina Mine	Ransom, D.M. (1978) The Scheelite prospects of the Jervois Range, Bonya Creek and Molyhill areas, Northern Territory.
Jervois Range ⓘ Bellbird Mine	Ransom, D.M. (1978) The Scheelite prospects of the Jervois Range, Bonya Creek and Molyhill areas, Northern Territory.
ⓘ Crystallisation Plant prospect	Ransom, D.M. (1978) The Scheelite prospects of the Jervois Range, Bonya Creek and Molyhill areas, Northern Territory.
ⓘ Green Parrot Mine	Robertson, W.A. (1959) Jervois Range Copper-Lead Deposit, Northern Territory, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Commonwealth of Australia, Records 1959/103 (unpublished).
ⓘ Green Parrot West prospect	Huckitta 1996
ⓘ Holmes prospect	Zia U. Bajwah, Huckitta 1:250 000 Mineral deposit data series, Northern Territory Geological Survey, 1994
ⓘ Reward Mine (Reward lead; Hanlon's Reward)	Bajwah Z.U. (1996) Huckitta SF 53-11 Illogwa Creek SF 53-15. 1:250 000 Mineral Deposit Data Series. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Darwin.
ⓘ Van Gils prospect	Dickson, G.O. (1989) Plenty River Mining Company Review of Geophysics, Jervois Range, G.O. Dickson & Associates Pty.Ltd.
ⓘ Wards Prospect	Huckitta 1996
ⓘ Molyhil Mine (Moly Hill)	Barraclough, D. (1979) Geological investigations at the Molyhil Scheelite Mine, Central Australia. Northern Territory Geological Survey Report, GS 79/016.
Nolans Bore ⓘ Nolans Bore prospect	Huston, D. L., Maas, R., Cross, A., Hussey, K. J., Mernagh, T. P., Fraser, G., & Champion, D. C. (2017). The Nolans rare earth element-phosphorus-uranium mineral system: formation and modification over 1800 million years. AGES 2017 Proceedings, NT Geological Survey
Strangways Range ⓘ Harry Creek Prospect (Harry Bore; Snake Well; Baldissera's Prospect; Iona)	Wilson, A. F. (1977) A zincian högbomite and some other högbomites from the Strangways Range, Central Australia. Mineralogical Magazine, Vol.41, pp. 337-44. Pigott, G.F., McLennan, R.M. (1984) Exploration Licence 4420 - Sliding Rock Well. Annual Report to the Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy for the period ending 18th October 1984, Australian Anglo American Limited.
MacDonnell Region Ross River Resort ⓘ Paddy's Jump Up Prospect	Adams, R.L. (1983), EL 3316. Annual Report for Period 18/6/82 to 17/6/83, Geopeko, September 1983
Queensland Barcoo Shire Windorah Tenham Station ⓘ Tenham meteorite	American Mineralogist, Volume 84, pages 267–271, 1999
Cloncurry Shire Cloncurry ⓘ Ernest Henry Cu-Au deposit (Ernest Henry Mine)	Mark, G., Oliver, N.H.S., and Williams, P.J. (2006): Mineralium Deposita 40, 769-801.; Williams, P. J., Barton, M. D., Johnson, D. A., Fontboté, L., De Haller, A., Mark, G., ... & Marschik, R. (2005). Iron oxide copper-gold deposits: Geology, space-time distribution, and possible modes of origin. Economic Geology, 371-405.
Rosebud Station Mary Kathleen district ⓘ Mary Kathleen Mine	Econ Geol (1985) 80:513-518; Econ Geol (1985) 80:513-518; USGS Open File Report 81-1666
Selwyn District ⓘ Mount Elliott Mine (Mount Elliott Copper Mine)	Wang, S., and Williams, P.J. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 109-124.
ⓘ Swan prospect (Swan mine)	Wang, S., and Williams, P.J. (2001): Mineralium Deposita 36, 109-124.
ⓘ Pegmont Pb-Zn deposit (Pegmont Mine)	http://www.portergeo.com.au/database/mineinfo.asp?mineid=mn648
Cook Shire Cape York Peninsula ⓘ Cone No. 32	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Stolz, A. J. (1987). Fluid activity in the lower crust and upper mantle: mineralogical evidence bearing on the origin of amphibole and scapolite in ultramafic and mafic granulite xenoliths. Mineralogical Magazine, 51(5), 719-732.
Desailly ⓘ Watershed deposit	Poblete, 2016
Mareeba Shire Chillagoe ⓘ Muldiva	Haupt, J., 2012. Minerals from the Muldiva mines, Chillagoe, Queensland. Australia and New Zealand Micromineral News, 5, 12-24
ⓘ Redcap Creek skarn	Rubenach, M.J. and Cuff, C. (1985) Mineralogical Magazine 49, 71-75.
ⓘ McBride Volcanic Province	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Kay, S. M., & Kay, R. W. (1983). Thermal history of the deep crust inferred from granulite xenoliths, Queensland, Australia. Am. J. Sci, 283, 486-513. Irving, A. J., & Price, R. C. (1981). Geochemistry and evolution of Iherzolite-bearing phonolitic lavas from Nigeria, Australia, East Germany and New Zealand. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 45(8), 1309-1320. Stephenson, P. J. (1989). Northern Queensland. Intraplate Volcanism in Eastern Australia and New Zealand, 89-97. Stephenson, P. J., & Griffin, T. J. (1976). Some long basaltic lava flows in north Queensland, Volcanism in Australasia, 41–51.
ⓘ North Burnett Region	Updated list originally distributed by University of Queensland
Biggenden ⓘ Biggenden Mine
Gayndah ⓘ Ban Ban zinc deposit	Ashley, P. M. (1980): Geology of the Ban Ban zinc deposit, a sulfide-bearing skarn, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Economic Geology 75, 15-29.
South Australia Central North Coober Pedy ⓘ Cairn Hill mine	Clark, J. M. (2014). Defining the style of mineralisation at the Cairn Hill magnetite-sulphide deposit; Mount Woods Inlier, Gawler Craton, South Australia (Honors thesis).
Eyre Peninsula Cowell ⓘ Miltalie asbestos mine	SA Geodata Database (2016), Deposit Number: 7224
Flinders Ranges North Flinders Ranges Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station) Mt Painter area ⓘ Mount Painter No. 2 workings	Brugger, J., Meisser, N., Etschmann, B., Ansermet, S., & Pring, A. (2011). Paulscherrerite from the Number 2 Workings, Mount Painter Inlier, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia:“Dehydrated schoepite” is a mineral after all. American Mineralogist, 96(2-3), 229-240.
ⓘ Radium Creek (Median Section)	Elburg et al. 2003, Australian J of Earth Sc. 50,611-631
South Flinders Ranges Cradock ⓘ Springfield basin	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Tappert, R., Foden, J., Stachel, T., Muehlenbachs, K., Tappert, M., & Wills, K. (2009). The diamonds of South Australia. Lithos, 112, 806-821.
Mt Lofty Ranges South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills) Adelaide ⓘ Adelaide meteorite	Hutcheon, I. D. & Steele, I. M. (1982) Refractory Inclusions in the Adelaide Carbonaceous Chondrite (Abstract): Lunar and Planetary Science XIII: 352-353. (March 1982)
Mount Barker Nairne ⓘ Shepherd Hill Quarry (Brukunga Quarry)	Graham, J. (1978) Manganochromite, palladium antimonide, and some unusual mineral associations at the Nairne pyrite deposit, South Australia. American Mineralogist, Vol. 63, pp. 1166-1174. Grieco, G., & Merlini, A. (2012). Chromite alteration processes within Vourinos ophiolite. International journal of earth sciences, 101(6), 1523-1533.
Olary Province Mt Victor Plumbago Station ⓘ Lookout Hill Mine (Lookout Mine)	SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 977
ⓘ The Ethiudna Mines	SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 973; Waterhouse, J. D. (1971). The geology of the Walparuta and Ethiudna Mine areas, Olary Province, South Australia.
ⓘ Ethiudna Pipers (Block 8234; Ethiudna; Mc 9757)	SA Geodata Database, Deposit Number: 975
ⓘ Unnamed Wollastonite Deposit	SA Geodata Database, Deposit Number: 1051
Olary ⓘ Waukaloo Mine (Wakaloo Ridge)	SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit Details Deposit Number: 1022
Pandappa ⓘ Pine Creek kimberlite	Reference: Keeling J. et al.MESA Journal 39, 30-33, Oct 2005
Stuart Shelf Punt Hill region ⓘ Groundhog skarn	Nikolakopoulos, D. S. (2013). Ore vectoring in IOCG systems: trace elements in garnets from the Groundhog skarn, Punt Hill, South Australia (Honors thesis, University of Adelaide).
Roxby Downs ⓘ Olympic Dam Mine	Ciobanu, C.L.; Verdugo-Ihl, M.R.; Slattery, A.; Cook, N.J.; Ehrig, K.; Courtney-Davies, L.; Wade, B.P. (2019) Silician Magnetite: Si–Fe-Nanoprecipitates and Other Mineral Inclusions in Magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia. Minerals 9, 311.
Western Region Maralinga ⓘ Maralinga Meteorite	Keller, L. P. (1992) Petrography and Mineral Chemistry of Calcium-and Aluminum-rich Inclusions in the Maralinga CK4 Chondrite (abstract). Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXIII: 671-672. (March 1992)
Tasmania Burnie City Hampshire mining district Kara Mines ⓘ Kara No. 1 Pit	Economic Geology 95:1215-1230 (2000); Singoyi, B. (1995). Mineral paragenesis, geochemistry and fluid characteristics of the Kara scheelite-magnetite skarn deposit, Northwestern Tasmania (Masters dissertation, University of Tasmania).
Huon Valley municipality Huon-Channel region ⓘ Cygnet district	Taheri, J., and Bottrill, R. S., 1998, Porphyry and Sedimentary-hosted Gold Deposits near Cygnet: New Styles of Gold Mineralisation in Tasmania: Unpub Rept, Mineral Resources Tasmania. 1999/01
Weld River district ⓘ Eddy Creek quarry	Analyses in prep, R Bottrill
ⓘ Forster Prospect	Bottrill, R.S., Baker, W.E. (2008) A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania. Geological Survey Tasmania Bulletin 73, 254 pages.
Kentish municipality Moina - Middlesex District ⓘ Stormont mine	Unpub tcr report 2013
King Island municipality ⓘ King Island	Calver, C.R. (2007) Some notes on the geology of King Island. Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, Mineral Resources Tasmania, Tasmanian Geological Survey Record 2007/02, 20 pages.
Grassy ⓘ King Island Scheelite Mine	Bottrill & Baker (2008)
ⓘ Bold Head Mine (Investigator 1; No. 3 Orebody)	Bottrill, R.S., Baker, W.E. (2008) A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania. Geological Survey Tasmania Bulletin 73, 254 pages.
ⓘ Dolphin mine	Bottrill, R.S., Baker, W.E. (2008) A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania. Geological Survey Tasmania Bulletin 73, 254 pages.
Kingborough municipality Leslie Vale ⓘ Allanfield quarry	R Bottrill, unpublished.
Launceston City municipality The Sideling ⓘ Eagle Road quarry	M Latham & R Bottrill; Bottrill, R., Goemann, K., (2020) Mineralogical Analyses, Eagle Rd Quarry, Sidling. MRT Unpub. Rept, 2018-084b
Waratah-Wynyard municipality Corinna-Savage River district ⓘ Savage River Mines	Bottrill & Taheri, 2008, Savage River mine, Unpub. Rept, Mineral Resources Tasmania
Heazlewood district ⓘ Lord Brassey Mine	Anderson, P., Bottrill, R. & Davidson, P. (2002): Famous mineral localities: The Lord Brassey mine, Tasmania. Mineralogical Record 33, 321-332
Oonah Campbell Range ⓘ Coates pit	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Mathew Latham coll.
West Coast municipality Mt Lindsay mineral field ⓘ Mt Lindsay mine (Parsons Hood)
Rosebery district Colebrook Hill ⓘ Colebrook Hill Mine	Bottrill (unpub)
ⓘ Trial Harbour district	Bottrill, R.S., Baker, W.E. (2008) A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania. Geological Survey Tasmania Bulletin 73, 254 pages.
ⓘ Burbank Prospect	R. Bottrill (unpub. data)
Zeehan district ⓘ Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine)	Mineral Resources Tasmania, Mineral Resources Database 2006; Keays, R. R., & Jowitt, S. M. (2013). The Avebury Ni deposit, Tasmania: A case study of an unconventional nickel deposit. Ore Geology Reviews, 52, 4-17.
ⓘ Viking mine (South Avebury)	Ralph Bottrill collection
Mt Heemskirk mineral field ⓘ Granville mine (Granville East prospect)	R Bottrill, unpub data
ⓘ St Dizier mine	Bottrill, R.S., Baker, W.E. (2008) A Catalogue of the Minerals of Tasmania. Geological Survey Tasmania Bulletin 73, 254 pages.
North Dundas ⓘ Renison Bell Mine (Renison Mine)	Kitto, P.A., 1994, Structural and Geochemical controls on Mineralisation at Renison, Tasmania. Unpub. PhD thesis, Uni. Tas.
West Tamar municipality Beaconsfield district ⓘ Andersons Creek	R Bottrill collection
Victoria City of Ballarat Buninyong ⓘ Mt Buninyong	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Judy Rowe Collection
City of Greater Geelong Anakie ⓘ Mount Anakie	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Judy Rowe Collection
ⓘ Eastern Hill	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Judy Rowe Collection
ⓘ Middle Hill	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Judy Rowe Collection
City of Greater Shepparton Cosgrove ⓘ Cosgrove quarry
Murchison ⓘ Murchison meteorite	Louis H. Fuchs, Kenneth J. Jensen & Edward Olsen (1970). Mineralogy and Composition of the Murchison Meteorite. Meteoritics 5, #4, p. 198. (Dec 1970).
Corangamite Shire Camperdown ⓘ Lake Bullen Merri (Bullenmerri)	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Judy Rowe Collection
Terang ⓘ Mt Noorat	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Val Hannah Collection
East Gippsland Shire Benambra ⓘ Pyle's Limestone (Benambra Mine)	Henry, D.A., Birch, W.D. & MacRae, C.M. (2005): Manganaxinite from Pyle's limestone near Benambra, and ferroaxinite from Corop, Victoria. Australian Journal of Mineralogy 11, 27-33.
Golden Plains Shire ⓘ Meredith	Museum Victoria Mineralogy Collection
Hepburn Shire ⓘ Mount Franklin	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Steve Sorrell Collection
Moyne Shire Mortlake ⓘ Mount Shadwell Quarry	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Irving, A.J. 1980. American Jnl of Science v280.A pp389-426
Rural City of Benalla ⓘ Chesney Vale	Henry, D.A. (1999) Cuspidine‐bearing skarn from Chesney Vale, Victoria. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 46(2), 251-260.
Western Australia Ashburton Shire Ullawarra Indigenous Community ⓘ Mount Palgrave 2a	Ferguson, K.M. (1999) Lead, Zinc and Silver Deposits of Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin 15.
Carnarvon Shire Middalya Station ⓘ Middalya diamond prospect	WAMEX Database 2000
Wandagee Station ⓘ Wandagee Diamond Province	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Department of Mines Western Australia (1990), Geology and Mineral Resources of Western Australia, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Department of Mines Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, 1990
Coolgardie Shire Gibraltar Goldfield ⓘ Bullabulling Gold Mine	Bullabulling Gold Ltd (2012), Independent geology report within share issue document, 12/04/2012
Higginsville Goldfield ⓘ Chalice Gold Mine	Eilu, P. (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Short course notes to accomapny hand specimen display. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining 2003, Rovaniemi, Finland, December 2003. Bucci, L.A., Hagemann, S.G., Groves, D.I., Standing, J.G. (2002) The Archean Chalice gold deposit: a record of complex, multistage, high-temperature hydrothermal activity and gold mineralisation associated with granitic rocks in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 19:1, 23-67.
Kambalda St. Ives gold camp ⓘ Victory-Defiance Gold Mine (Victory mine; Defiance mine; N31; Conqueror Lode)	Geology Society of Australia WA Div, 12th Australian Geology Convention., Excursion Guidebook 8. Ore Deposits of the Eastern Goldfields WA, Sept 1994
Nepean ⓘ Nepean Ni Mine	Nepean Nickel Deposit, Archaean of Western Australian Shield, Yilgarn Block Nickel; N.R, Sheppy and J. Rowe; Senior Mine Geologist and Mine Geologist at Nepean Nickel Mine.
Widgiemooltha ⓘ Logan's Find gold mines	Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 2, p 151
Cue Shire Cue ⓘ Big Bell Gold Mine (Paton's Find; Murchison Bell)	Simpson, E.S. 91948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 2, p 148
Madoonga Station ⓘ Weld Range	Gole, M.J. (1982) A banded iron-formation assemblage containing clinopyroxene, andradite, babingtonite, and cronstedtite. Mineralogical Magazine, 46(338), 127-130.
ⓘ Derby-West Kimberley Shire	Jaques, A. L., Webb, A. W., Fanning, C. M., Black, L. P., Pidgeon, R. T., Ferguson, J., ... & Gregory, G. P. (1984). THE AGE OF THE DIAMOND-BEARING PIPES AND ASSOCIATED LEUCITE LAMPROITES OF THE WEST KIMBERLEY REGION, WESTERN-AUSTRALIA. BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics, 9(1), 1-7.
Calwynyardah Station Calwynyardah field ⓘ Metters Bore No. 1 lamproite pipe	Hwang, P., Taylor, W. R., Rocky, N. M. S., & Ramsay, R. R. (1994). Mineralogy, geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Metters Bore No. 1 lamproite pipe, Calwynyardah Field, West Kimberley Province, Western Australia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 51(2-4), 195-226.
Ellendale ⓘ 81 Mile Vent	Trendall, A.F., et.al. (eds.) (1990) Geology and Mineral Resources of Western Australia. Western Australia Geological Survey, Memoir 3, 827 pages.
ⓘ Ellendale 11 Pit 1	Jaques, A.L., Lewis, J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The kimberlites and lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268 pages.
ⓘ Ellendale 16	Jaques, A.L., Lewis, J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The kimberlites and lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268 pages and maps.
ⓘ Ellendale 4 West	The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
ⓘ Ellendale 7	The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
ⓘ Ellendale 9 East	Jaques, A.L., Lewis, J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The kimberlites and lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268 pages.
ⓘ Mount North	Department of Mines Western Australia (1990), Geology and Mineral Resources of Western Australia, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Department of Mines Western Australia, State Government of Western Australia, 1990
ⓘ Oscar Plug	Prider, r.(1982): A Glassy Lamproite from the West Kimberley Area Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine(1982):45: 279-282
Fitzroy Crossing ⓘ Big Spring	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Fetherston, J, Stocklmayer, S, Stocklmayer, V(2013): Gemstones of WA, Geological Survey of WA
ⓘ Mount Rose	The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
ⓘ Old Leopold Hill	The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
Noonkanbah Station ⓘ Walgidee Hills	Mineralogical Magazine 1939 25 : 373-387; Jaques, A. L. (2017) The Walgidee Hills zoned lamproite intrusion, West Kimberley Province, Western Australia. 11th International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstract No. 11IKC-4489
ⓘ Fishery Hill	Jaques, A.L., Lewis. J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The kimberlites and lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Society of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268p and maps.
ⓘ Howes Hill	Jaques, A.L., Lewis. J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The kimberlites and lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Society of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268p and maps.
ⓘ Machells Pyramid	Jaques, A.L., Lewis. J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Society of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268p and maps.
ⓘ Mount Abbott	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
ⓘ Mount Cedric	Jaques, A.L., Lewis. J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Society of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268p and maps.
ⓘ Mount Gytha	Jaques, A.L., Lewis. J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Society of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268p and maps.
ⓘ Mount Ibis	Jaques, A.L., Lewis. J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Society of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268p and maps.
ⓘ Mount Noreen	Jaques, A.L., Lewis. J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Society of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268p and maps.
ⓘ Noonkanbah Hill	Jaques, A.L., Lewis. J.D., Smith, C.B. (1986) The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia. Geological Society of Western Australia, Bulletin No. 132, 268p and maps.
Dundas Shire Norseman ⓘ Scotia Central Gold Mine	McCuaig, T.S. (1997), The Genesis and Evolution of the Lode Gold Mineralization and Mafic Host Lithologies in the Late-Archean Norseman Terrance Yilgarn Block Western Australia, )thesis) University of Saskkatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 1997 pp 139-140, pp 155 -161
East Pilbara Shire Kiwirrkurra community ⓘ Webb kimberlite field	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] www.meteoric.com.au; Brent McInnes, Prok Vasilyev, Tom Reddicliffe (2018) Diamonds and other kimberlitic minerals from the Webb Kimberlite Field, Western Australia. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 136
Pilgangoora Pilgangoora Goldfield ⓘ Zakanaka Mine	David Huston, Richard Blewett, Terrence Mernagh, Shen-Su Sun and Julienne Kamprad (2001) Gold Deposits of the Pilbara Craton: Results of AGSO Research, 1998-2000. AGSO – Geoscience Australia, Record 2001/10.
Halls Creek Shire ⓘ Cummins Range complex (Minneroo Pool)	Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): USGS Open-File Report 09-1139; Andrew, R. L. (1990). Cummins range carbonatite. In Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea (Vol. 14, pp. 711-713). Melbourne: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Sun, S. S., Jaques, A. L., & McCulloch, M. T. (1986, September). Isotopic evolution of the Kimberley block, Western Australia. In International Kimberlite Conference: Extended Abstracts (Vol. 4, pp. 346-348).; Andrew, R. L. (1990). Cummins range carbonatite. In Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea (Vol. 14, pp. 711-713). Melbourne: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Sun, S. S., Jaques, A. L., & McCulloch, M. T. (1986, September). Isotopic evolution of the Kimberley block, Western Australia. In International Kimberlite Conference: Extended Abstracts (Vol. 4, pp. 346-348).
Lamboo Station ⓘ Emull bore prospect (Red Billabong project)	Ferguson, K.M. (1999) Lead, Zinc and Silver Deposits of Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Bulletin 15.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire Haig Sleeper Camp ⓘ North Haig meteorite	Klaus Keil, John L. Berkley & Louis H. Fuchs (1982) Suessite, Fe3Si: a new mineral in the North Haig ureilite. American Mineralologist 67, 126-131.
Kondinin Shire ⓘ Cosmic Boy Ni Mine	Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.
ⓘ Flying Fox Mine (Flying Fox Ni Mine)	Marston, R.J. (1984) Nickel Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 14, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 291p.
Lake Grace Shire ⓘ Griffins Find Gold Mine	Pasi Eilu (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining 2003 Rovaniemi, Finland December 2003
Laverton Shire Mount Weld Station ⓘ Wallaby Gold Mine (Just In Case)	Mueller, A.G., Hall, G.C., Nemchin, A.A., Stein, H.J., Creaser, R.A., and Mason, D.R. (2008): Mineralium Deposita 43, 337-362.
Leonora Shire Bronzewing Goldfield (Mount McClure) ⓘ Dragon Gold Mine (Dragon-Venus)	Liu, S.F. et al (2002), Geology of the Sir Samuel 1:250 000 Sheet Area Western Australia, Geoscience Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, p47, Record, 2002.
ⓘ Turkey Well	Kiviets, G. B., Phillips, D., Shee, S. R., Vercoe, S. C., Barton, E. S., Smith, C. B., & Fourie, L. F. (1998). 40Ar/39Ar dating of yimengite from Turkey Well kimberlite, Australia: the oldest and the rarest. Ext. Abstr. In 7th International Kimberlite Conference (pp. 432-434).
Menzies Shire Davyhurst Goldfield Davyhurst ⓘ Golden Pole Gold Mine	Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, p 355
Jeedamya Station ⓘ Cock Robin Mine (Twin Hills)	Witt, W.K., Knight, J.T., Mikucki, E.J. (1997) A synmetamorphic lateral fluid flow model for gold mineralization in the Archean southern Kalgoorlie and Norseman terranes, Western Australia. Economic Geology, 92:4, 407-437.
Port Hedland Shire Abydos Station Wodgina ⓘ Stannum West prospect	Marston, R.J. (1979) Copper Mineralization in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Bulletin 13, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 208p.
Upper Gascoyne Shire Minnie Creek Station ⓘ Little Minnie Creek meteorite	Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 84:149-152, 2001
ⓘ Mount Egerton meteorite	Watters, T. R. & Prinz, M (1979) Aubrites - Their origin and relationship to enstatite chondrites. In: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 10th, Houston, Tex., March 19-23, 1979, Proceedings. Volume 1. (A80-23557 08-91) New York, Pergamon Press, Inc., 1979, p. 1073-1093.
ⓘ Yinnietharra	Tom Kapitany collections
Cairn Mining Centre ⓘ Vaughan deposit	Fetherston, J. Stocklmayer, S., Stocklmayer, V(2013): Gemstones of WA, Geological Survey of WA
Westonia Shire Westonia ⓘ Edna May Gold Mine	Simpson, E.S., (1948) Minerals of Western Australia. Volume 1-3. Government Printer, Perth.
Wiluna Shire Carnegie Station ⓘ Bulljah Pool prospect	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Hamilton, R., & Rock, N. M. (1990). Geochemistry, mineralogy and petrology of a new find of ultramafic lamprophyres from Bulljah Pool, Nabberu Basin, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Lithos, 24(4), 275-290.
ⓘ Shoemaker Crater (Teague Ring)	Pirajno, F., Glikson, A. Y., Uysal, T., & Phillips, D. (2002). Geology of the Shoemaker impact structure, Western Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia. Report 82
Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire Bow River Station ⓘ Bow Hill dikes	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
Kachana Station ⓘ Maude Creek dyke	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
King George River ⓘ Skerring Pipe	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia, 1986.
Lake Argyle area ⓘ Argyle Diamond Mine (Argyle AK1 pipe)	[var: Chromium-bearing Diopside] Atkinson, W. J., Hughes, F. E., & Smith, C. B. (1984). A review of the kimberlitic rocks of Western Australia. In Developments in Petrology (Vol. 11, pp. 195-224). Elsevier. Grice, J. D., & Boxer, G. L. (1990). Diamonds from Kimberley, Western Australia. The Mineralogical Record, 21, 559-564. Jaques, A. L., Lewis, J. D., & Smith, C. B. (1986). The Kimberlites and Lamproites of Western Australia: Geol. Surv. West. Aust. Bull, 132. Jaques, A. L., O'Neill, H. S. C., Smith, C. B., Moon, J., & Chappell, B. W. (1990). Diamondiferous peridotite xenoliths from the Argyle (AK1) lamproite pipe, Western Australia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 104(3), 255-276. Luguet, A., Jaques, A. L., Pearson, D. G., Smith, C. B., Bulanova, G. P., Roffey, S. L., ... & Lorand, J. P. (2009). An integrated petrological, geochemical and Re–Os isotope study of peridotite xenoliths from the Argyle lamproite, Western Australia and implications for cratonic diamond occurrences. Lithos, 112, 1096-1108. Pidgeon, R. T., Smith, C. B., & Fanning, C. M. (1989). Kimberlite and lamproite emplacement ages in Western Australia. Kimberlites and related rocks, 1, 382-391.
Yilgarn Shire Marvel Loch ⓘ Banker Gold Mine (Golden Butterfly)	Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 2, p 149
ⓘ Bronco Gold Mine (Bronco Horseshoe; Bronco Links; Bravo; Prince George)	Simpson, E.S. (1948), Minerals of Western Australia, Vol 1, p 227 (spelt Broncho in Simpson)
ⓘ Edward's Find Gold Mine	Eilu, Pasi. (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits, Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining 2003, Rovaniemi, Finland, 72p.
ⓘ Marvel Loch Gold Mine	Econ Geol (1997) 92:181-209; Pasi Eilu (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining 2003 Rovaniemi, Finland December 2003