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Locality Name:
Jenolan Caves, Oberon, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 158788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158788.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jenolan Caves, Oberon, Westmoreland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°49'6"S
Longitude: 150°1'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.818333333333,150.0225
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteCalcioferriteCalciteClayCorundumCristobaliteDiasporeGypsum
KaoliniteLeucophosphiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTaranakite
Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Ardealite  (*)Calcite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Huntite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kingsmountite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Niter  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Taranakite  (*)Variscite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O030
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4069
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kingsmountite  (*)CalcioferriteCa3MnFe2+Al4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O012
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O044
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)0181
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl0275
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O057
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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