A nephrite deposit in the great serpentine belt of New South Wales |
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| Authors: | J J Hockley W D Birch H K Worner |
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| Institution: | 1. 2/127A Barker Street, Kingsford, N.S.W., 2032;2. National Museum of Victoria , 285–321 Russell Street, Melbourne, Vic., 3000;3. 95 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic., 3000 |
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| Abstract: | A nephrite jade deposit within the Great Serpentine Belt of N.S.W., near Tamworth, occurs as several tabular bodies up to 3.5 m thick on the serpentinite country‐rock contact. The occurrence is interpreted as a low‐temperature reaction zone, similar to those observed around Alpine serpentinites elsewhere. The nephrite probably formed as a result of dynamothermal metasomatism associated with the emplacement of serpentinites along the Peel Fault. |
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