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Locality Name:
Central Highlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 147123
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147123.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Highlands Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bronte Park
Derwent Bridge
Gretna District
Interlaken
Lagoon Of Islands
Liawenee
Maydena District
Poatina
Shannon Tier
Tarraleah
Waddamana

Latitude: 42°14'7"S
Longitude: 146°43'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.235277777778,146.72583333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChabaziteClayFeldsparGyroliteNatroliteNonePalygorskitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzSapphirineSmectite-vermiculiteThomsoniteTobermoriteTridymite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aenigmatite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Gonnardite  (*)
Gyrolite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Okenite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Tacharanite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Vaterite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]112856133
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6212856,128632060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)612849,12857,12859,12861,12865,1286727770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O112859310
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O112863167
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O112859142
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH112859367
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1128631236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)112852884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O112859471
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O11285971
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O112865306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211286139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2412850,12856,12861,1286861156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)112856598
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O112857390
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)3611285947
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O112863452
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)212859,12863114
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)11285937


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