Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Table Cape, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 107264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Table Cape, Waratah-Wynyard Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chambers Bay

Latitude: 40°56'43"S
Longitude: 145°42'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.945277777778,145.715

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Natrolite	None	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite
Thomsonite	Tridymite

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 Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Calcite Clay Feldspar Natrolite None Prehnite Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite
Thomsonite Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Prehnite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Saponite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	13232	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13232	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13232	27770
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	13232	167
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	13232	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	0		884
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	13232	1898
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	13232	301
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	13232	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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