Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kennon Head, Kitty Miller Bay, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kennon Head, Kitty Miller Bay, Phillip Island, Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°30'48"S
Longitude: 145°9'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.513333333333,145.16555555556

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Kaersutite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 P S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Mica None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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