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Locality Name:
Viking Mine (South Avebury), Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury Mine), Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 156085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viking Mine (South Avebury), Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury Mine), Zeehan District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°55'17"S
Longitude: 145°14'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.921388888889,145.24638888889
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 As B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApophylliteAxiniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayMicaMillerite
NonePentlanditePrehnitePyroxeneSerpentineSpinelTourmalineValleriite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Orcelite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)20260
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0303
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)036
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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