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Notes on lateritisation and the origin of opal in Australia

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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In 1946 and 1947 the writer had excellent opportunities to study the effect of lateritisation in the course of geological reconnaissances in Northern Australia. From field evidence which has been collected on several aspects of lateritisation - origin, products and relationship to geomorphological processes - a detailed account of lateritisation in Australia can be given. Lateritisation and the occurrence of opal are discussed in this report.

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Title Notes on lateritisation and the origin of opal in Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/225ecfc7-a742-461f-8fa2-8a05bda3b234
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Notes on lateritisation and the origin of opal in Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/notes-on-lateritisation-and-the-origin-of-opal-in-australia