Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Penguin, Central Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 107262
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107262.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penguin, Central Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Hardys Lode
Neptune Silver Mine
Penguin Beach
Penguin Mine (Penguin Silver Mine)
Sullocks Lode
Tasmanian Iron Mines (Penguin Iron Mine)
Watcombe Prospect

Latitude: 41°7'6"S
Longitude: 146°4'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.118333333333,146.07777777778

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.

Allargentum	Analcime	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Linarite	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spinel	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Laurionite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Analcime Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Connellite Copper
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Linarite Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Spinel Vivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12835	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	12833	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	12834	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	12833,12834	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	12833,12834,12835	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	12833	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	12833,12835,12836	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	12835	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	12838	3846
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O	1	12835	43
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12835	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	12833	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	12835	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	12835	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	12833,12835	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12837	14640
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	12835	60
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	12835	49
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	12835	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	12836	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	12835	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	12833,12834,12835,12836,12838	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	12833,12836	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	12833,12834	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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