Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 147118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cornelian Bay
Lenah Valley
Lower Sandy Bay
Mt Nelson

Latitude: 42°53'16"S
Longitude: 147°19'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.887777777778,147.31888888889

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	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Garnet	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite	Zirconolite

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 F Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Mg O Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baddeleyite Calcite Chabazite Clay Garnet None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Vesuvianite
Wollastonite Zirconolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Grossular ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zirconolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	0		238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	13044,13047	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	13044	310
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	13047	1544
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	13044	1508
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	13044	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	13045,13047	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	13042	61156
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	13047	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	13047	1247
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	0		140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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