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Locality Name:
Southern Islands, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 147136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Islands, Huon Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maatsuyker Island
Pedra Branca

Latitude: 43°45'14"S
Longitude: 146°36'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -43.753888888889,146.61527777778
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 Cl Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteGypsumLeucophosphiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideritePrehniteQuartz
RocksaltStruvite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Opal  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spheniscidite  (*)Strengite  (*)Struvite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11309527770
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1130956890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1130951398
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1130951271
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O113095110
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21130945800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1130952994
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O113095182
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21130951898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2213094,1309561156
Spheniscidite  (*)Leucophosphite(NH4)Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1130954
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O113095263
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O11309530
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O113095301


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