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Notes on the occurrence of triplite on Delny station, Northern Territory

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

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During August, 1944, a mineral specimen received at this Branch from Mr. C.R. Wright of Alice Springs was tentatively identified as altered allanite, and on testing with the Geiger-Muller apparatus was found to be radio-active. In October, 1944, the site of the discovery was visited by the writer and further specimens were collected. A portion of these specimens, which are also radio-active, was forwarded to the Division of Industrial Chemistry, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Melbourne, where the sample forwarded was identified by R. Grenfell Thomas as triplite. Triplite is essentially a fluo-phosphate of manganese and iron. Later a further small parcel of specimens was received and it is now realised that the specimens so far examined contain more than one mineral, but apparently no allanite. This report comprises detailed descriptions of the deposit and the triplite.

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Title Notes on the occurrence of triplite on Delny station, Northern Territory
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6d14b4c7-bf92-4eac-91e2-f7b5dbc7f125
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Notes on the occurrence of triplite on Delny station, Northern Territory". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/notes-on-the-occurrence-of-triplite-on-delny-station-northern-territory