Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pedra Branca, Southern Islands, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 132791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pedra Branca, Southern Islands, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°51'36"S
Longitude: 146°57'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.86,146.95222222222

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	Calcite	Gypsum	Leucophosphite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Prehnite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Struvite

Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Opal ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spheniscidite ()*
Strengite ()*	Struvite ()*	Variscite ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Gypsum Leucophosphite None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Prehnite Quartz Rocksalt
Struvite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	110
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	182
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spheniscidite ()*	Leucophosphite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	4
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	263
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	30
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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