Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 159091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyramid Hill, Loddon Shire, Victoria, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pyramid Hill Granite Quarry (Mawson's Quarry)

Latitude: 36°3'36"S
Longitude: 144°8'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.06,144.14277777778

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Triplite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Topaz ()*	Zwieselite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Topaz Tourmaline Triplite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14279	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	14279	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	14279	1310
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	14279	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	14279	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	14279	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	14279	2740
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14279	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	14279	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14279	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	14279	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	14279	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	14279	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	14279	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	14279	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	14279	1476
Zwieselite ()*	Triplite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	14279	47

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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