Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Redpa Quarry, Redpa, Marrawah District, Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 107268
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107268.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Redpa Quarry, Redpa, Marrawah District, Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°55'45"S
Longitude: 144°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.929166666667,144.75

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Gyrolite	Natrolite	None	Smectite-vermiculite
Tobermorite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gyrolite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Saponite ()*
Stevensite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*

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 Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Calcite Clay Gyrolite Natrolite None Smectite-vermiculite
Tobermorite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	142
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	57
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	47
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	114

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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