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RB 78/00154 Stuart Creek agate deposit.
Published: 01 Jan 1978 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Author: Crettenden, P.O.;Barnes, L.C.

Agate or banded chert nodules weather out of the Cambrian Andamooka Limestone over an area of several square kilometres south of the Stuart Creek Opal field. In places the agate nodules are concentrated into extensive deflation lag gravels....

Agate or banded chert nodules weather out of the Cambrian Andamooka Limestone over an area of several square kilometres south of the Stuart Creek Opal field. In places the agate nodules are concentrated into extensive deflation lag gravels. Banding is not well defined in the agate, and colour variation is only slight. The agate is considered to be of specimen quality only.

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Record No rb7800154
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Geological Province Stuart Shelf
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Geographic Locality: Stuart Creek
Doc No: RB 78/00154
Geographic Locality: Stuart Creek
Doc No: RB 78/00154
Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7800154
Citation Crettenden, P.O.;Barnes, L.C. 1978. RB 78/00154 Stuart Creek agate deposit. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7800154

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