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Locality Name:
Eddy Creek Quarry, Weld River District, Huon-Channel Region, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 270844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eddy Creek Quarry, Weld River District, Huon-Channel Region, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°'58"S
Longitude: 146°43'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.016111111111,146.72583333333
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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAragoniteArtiniteBruciteCalciteClayEttringiteFeldsparNoneOlivine
PyroxeneQuartzSerpentineTobermoriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Foshagite  (*)
Fukalite  (*)Hillebrandite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Mullite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Plombièrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Xonotlite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O075
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2019
Fukalite  (*)NoneCa4Si2O6(CO3)(OH)208
Hillebrandite  (*)NoneCa2SiO3(OH)2017
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)078
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)028
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)20109


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