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Locality Name:
Skipton Caves (Skipton Lava Caves; Mt Widderin Caves), Mt. Widderin (Anderson's Hill), Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skipton Caves (Skipton Lava Caves; Mt Widderin Caves), Mt. Widderin (Anderson's Hill), Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°44'13"S
Longitude: 143°20'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.736944444444,143.34777777778
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 H K Mg N O P S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteGypsumNoneStruviteTaranakite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Brushite  (*)Dittmarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hannayite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Newberyite  (*)Opal  (*)Sasaite  (*)Schertelite  (*)Struvite  (*)
Taranakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O0104
Dittmarite  (*)None(NH4)Mg(PO4)·H2O07
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hannayite  (*)None(NH4)2Mg3(PO3OH)4·8H2O07
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Newberyite  (*)NoneMg(PO3OH)·3H2O024
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Sasaite  (*)NoneAl6(PO4)5(OH)3·36H2O011
Schertelite  (*)None(NH4)2Mg(PO3OH)2·4H2O02
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O030
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O057


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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