Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pioneer Quarry, Narre Warren North, City Of Casey, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pioneer Quarry, Narre Warren North, City Of Casey, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°59'"S
Longitude: 145°20'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.983333333333,145.34916666667

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Harmotome	None	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Clay Harmotome None Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Phillipsite-Na ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	30
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	66
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Phillipsite-Na ()*	Harmotome	Na₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	27
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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