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Locality Name:
Murchison Meteorite, Murchison, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 126090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murchison Meteorite, Murchison, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°37'"S
Longitude: 145°12'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.616666666667,145.2
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 Ce Cr Fe H Ir K Mg Mo N Na Ni O Os P Ru S Sc Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Ir K Mg Mo N Na Ni O Os P Ru S Sc Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteCeriteClayCorundumDiamondFeldsparGypsumIronMagnetoplumbite
NickelineNoneOlivineOxalatePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneSapphirineSchreyeriteSerpentine
SpinelTochiliniteTridymite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Eskolaite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenalite  (*)Grossite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hexamolybdenum  (*)
Hibonite  (*)Iron  (*)Machiite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Murchisite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nierite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tochilinite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Warkite  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)4700001036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4470000708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)4700003250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64700002060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)47000027770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44700003902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O647000094
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O34700001797
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)447000054
Diamond  (*)DiamondC470000697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O64700004135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24700009895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6470000944
Eskolaite  (*)CorundumCr2O347000030
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)4700001188
Graphite  (*)NoneC4700002812
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)447000061
Grossite  (*)NoneCaAl4O747000019
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4700006890
Hexamolybdenum  (*)None(Mo,Ru,Fe,Ir,Os)4700005
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1947000080
Iron  (*)IronFe4700001089
Machiite  (*)SchreyeriteAl2Ti3O94700002
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O447000014899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7470000230
Murchisite  (*)NoneCr5S64700001
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)470000884
Nierite  (*)NoneSi3N44700007
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S84700001512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3470000495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84700009056
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P470000374
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O44700001934
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]47000056
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS4700001044
Warkite  (*)SapphirineCa2Sc6Al6O204700002
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O47004700066


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_546Meteorite
Michelle_706Meteorite


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_546470047004700 Age of meteorite    Whewellite 126090Murchison Meteorite, Murchison, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, AustraliaMurchison C2 carbonaceous chondriteHofmann and Bernasconi (1998)10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00043-6CG149_127Age of meteorite
Michelle_706000 Age of meteorite fall      126090Murchison Meteorite, Murchison, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, AustraliaMurchison C2 carbonaceous chondriteFuchs et al. (1973)10.5479/si.00810274.10.1SCES10_1Meteorite fell on September 28, 1969

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