Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Gloucester Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 133680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gloucester Co., New South Wales, Australia": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Barrington Tops
Boondelbah Island
Bulahdelah
Cabbage Tree Island (John Gould)
Copeland
Dungog
Monkerai
Wang Wauk

Latitude: 32°14'33"S
Longitude: 151°57'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -32.2425,151.96166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Harmotome
Kaolinite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Talc	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cowlesite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Harmotome
Kaolinite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Stibnite Talc Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	7286	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	7283,7284	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9	7286,7288,7289,7292,7297,7299,7304,7306,7308	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	7278,7286,7292,7299,7300,7303	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	7278	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	7286,7306	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	7292,7299	1382
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	7279	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	7286	4165
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	7278	84
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	7308	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	7286,7287,7289,7292,7294,7295,7299,7300,7303,7308	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	7278	5591
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	7278	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	7278	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	7286,7303	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	7278	1236
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	7281	80
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	7278	71
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	7286	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	7286,7287,7288,7289,7290,7291,7292,7293,7294,7295,7296,7297,7298,7299,7300,7301,7302,7303,7304,7306,7308	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	7286,7306	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	7286,7292,7299,7300,7303,7308	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	7310	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	7306	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	7310	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	7300	3337
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	7279	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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