Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 133704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia": 112
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Alstonville Quarry (Ballina Municipal Quarry; Tintenbar Quarry)
Ballina
Bexhill
Bilambil
Buttsworths Gold Prospect
Byron Bay
Chillingham
Clovass
Coraki
Corndale
Crystal Creek
Cudgen
Dulguigan Creek
Dunbible
Edenville
Evans Head
Fingal Head
Halls Creek
Kyogle
Lillian Rock
Lismore
Main Arm
Mallanganee District
Mount Warning
Mt Babyl
Mt Brown
Mullumbimby
Mummulgum
Murwillumbah
Nimbin
Pottsville
Pumpenbil
Stony Chute
Tatham
Terranora
Teven
Tintenbar
Toonumbar
Tweed Heads
Uki
Wyrallah

Latitude: 28°34'45"S
Longitude: 153°15'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -28.579166666667,153.25694444444

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	Aragonite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diamond	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Sapphirine	Smectite-vermiculite

Aenigmatite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Diamond ()*	Fayalite ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lechatelierite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*
Osmium ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Ir Mg Mn Na O Os P Pt S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diamond Feldspar
Kaolinite Natrolite Nickeline None Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Sapphirine Smectite-vermiculite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	9289	133
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	9275,9277	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	9302	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	9277,9325	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	9277	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	9234,9251,9275,9277	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	9245	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	9297	3846
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	9294	697
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	9289	371
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	9232,9238,9239,9264,9296,9299,9307,9329,9334,9335,9336,9337,9338,9339	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	9277	167
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	2	9231,9232	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1	9231	128
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	9236,9245,9263,9265,9316	5591
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	1	9268	62
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	2	9275,9277	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	9236	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	9277	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	6	9321,9322,9323,9325,9327,9331	2994
Osmium ()*	None	Os	3	9231,9232,9233	169
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	3	9231,9232,9233	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	9299,9334,9335	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	9299	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	9234,9236,9238,9239,9244,9245,9254,9260,9263,9286,9291,9297,9299,9300,9304,9333,9334,9335,9336,9337,9339	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	9286	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	9334	5186
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	9245	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050068	Kyogle, Rous Co., New South Wales, Australia	https://rruff.info/X050068

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