Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 131618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Burbank Prospect
Cliff Mine
Cornwall Mine
Heemskirk Falls Prospect
Kelvin And Maynes Tin Mine
Nickel Reward Mine

Latitude: 41°55'27"S
Longitude: 145°10'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.924166666667,145.18

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Auricupride	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore
Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Mica	Millerite	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite
Zircon

Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Awaruite ()*	Brucite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorophlogopite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gaspéite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Saponite ()*
Schorl ()*	Shandite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zaratite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Auricupride Beryl Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Diaspore
Garnet Hydrotalcite Mica Millerite None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tourmaline Vesuvianite
Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13309	3250
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	13309	166
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	13309	462
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	13305,13306,13308,13309	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	13304,13307,13309	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	13309	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	13308	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	13304	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	13304	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	0		371
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1	13308	47
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	13309	24243
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	1	13309	22
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	13304,13309	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	13308	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	13309	205
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	0		407
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	13309	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	13309	87
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	13309	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	2	13304,13309	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	13309	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	13304,13307,13309	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	13309	1066
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	13307	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	13304,13309	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	13304	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	13308,13309	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	13305,13306,13308	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	13309	48
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		301
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	13305,13306,13308	2705
Shandite ()*	None	Ni₃Pb₂S₂	1	13309	14
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	13309	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	13308,13309	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	13307,13309	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	0		212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	13304	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	13309	380
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	13309	56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070090	Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	https://rruff.info/R070090

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