Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Forster Prospect, Weld River District, Huon-Channel Region, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 132874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132874.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 43°2'56"S
Longitude: 146°44'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.048888888889,146.73361111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Symplesite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Ullmannite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Na Ni O Os P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite
Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Symplesite Talc Tetrahedrite
Titanite Ullmannite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Osmium ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scawtite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Symplesite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Xonotlite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	162
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Osmium ()*	None	Os	169
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	233
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	25
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	92
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	293
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	109
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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