Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 133710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westmoreland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bathurst Trig Station
Dog Rocks
Duckmaloi
Essington
Foleys Creek
Hazelgrove
O'Connell
Oberon
Shooters Hill
Swallows Nest
Wisemans Creek
Wollondilly River
Yerranderie

Latitude: 33°46'3"S
Longitude: 149°50'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.7675,149.84333333333

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.

Allargentum	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Bournonite	Calcioferrite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diamond	Diaspore
Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Leucophosphite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Taranakite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bismutite Bournonite Calcioferrite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diamond Diaspore
Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite Leucophosphite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Talc Taranakite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite
Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ardealite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kingsmountite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Niter ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*	Taranakite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Variscite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	10046,10051	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	10063,10070	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	10067,10098	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	10065,10067	3250
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	10067	30
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	10044,10060,10088,10094,10095,10096,10098	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	9	10046,10048,10051,10074,10084,10085,10094,10095,10096	5509
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	10062	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	10062	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	10062	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	10051,10098	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	10098	1089
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	10062	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	10041,10065,10067,10074,10078	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	10094,10098	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	10041,10046,10051,10074,10083,10084,10085,10088,10094,10095,10096,10098	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	10094	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	10074	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	10061	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	10094,10098	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	10067	310
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	10067	453
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	10061	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	10067	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	10098	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	10043	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	10062	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	10062	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	10065	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	10041,10060,10062,10074,10083,10088,10094,10095,10096,10098	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	10062,10067	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	28	10041,10044,10053,10055,10056,10060,10064,10066,10068,10072,10073,10074,10076,10078,10079,10080,10081,10083,10084,10086,10089,10090,10091,10092,10093,10095,10096,10098	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	10063	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	10062,10067	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	10067,10084	14640
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	10067	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	10067	341
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	10067	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	10067	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	10062	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	10067	5591
Kingsmountite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₃MnFe²⁺Al₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	10067	12
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	10067	110
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	10067,10084	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	9	10046,10048,10051,10074,10084,10085,10094,10095,10096	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	10058,10062,10069	5800
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	10067	44
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	10065,10067	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	10044,10062,10067,10095	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	10067	181
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	10065	471
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	10098	249
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	10065	71
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	10098	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	10098	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	10041,10046,10060,10062,10074,10084,10088,10091,10094,10095,10096,10098	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	10068,10090	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	10041,10046	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	31	10041,10044,10046,10048,10049,10051,10053,10055,10056,10060,10062,10064,10066,10067,10068,10072,10074,10076,10081,10084,10085,10086,10088,10089,10090,10091,10092,10093,10095,10096,10098	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	10067	312
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	10043	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	10069,10098	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	10074,10083,10084,10088,10094,10095,10096,10098	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	10098	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	10062	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	10067	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	10096	3337
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	10067	57
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	10094,10095,10096,10098	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	10046,10051	2562
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	10067	301
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	10063	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	10063	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	10067	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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