An Occurrence of Eudialyte and Manganoan Pectolite in a Phonolite Dyke from South-Eastern Queensland

Graham R. Carr, Evan R. Phillips and P. R. Williams
Dept. of Geology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2500 Australia
204 Hamilton Road, Wavell Heights, 4012 Brisbane, Australia

Summary: A phonolite dyke at Mount Goonneringerringgi, south-eastern Queensland, carries prominent pink specks of eudialyte, together with manganoan pectolite (ranging to calcian serandite), aegirine, albite, arfvedsonite, nepheline, natrolite, and analcime. This is the first confirmed occurrence of eudialyte in Australia.

Mineralogical Magazine; December 1976 v. 40; no. 316; p. 853-856; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1976.040.316.05
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