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:
Cape Grim District, Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 147122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Grim District, Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cape Grim
Flat Topped Bluff
The Doughboys
Trefoil Island

Latitude: 40°40'50"S
Longitude: 144°41'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.680555555556,144.685

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	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Ettringite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Natrolite
None	Oxalate	Spinel	Tobermorite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Spinel ()*
Tacharanite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Whewellite ()*

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 H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Calcite Clay Ettringite Gypsum Kaolinite Natrolite
None Oxalate Spinel Tobermorite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	4	12903,12904,12905,12906	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	12903,12906	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	12903,12905,12906	27770
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	12903	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	12903,12906	6890
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	12903	85
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	12903	5591
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	3	12903,12904,12905	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	12906	2994
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	12906	1934
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	1	12903	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	12903	183
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	12903	114
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	1	12903	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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