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:
Wentworth, Wentworth Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 16790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wentworth, Wentworth Co., New South Wales, Australia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kulcurna Station
Moorna Station (Norna Station)
Nampoo Station
Neilpo Station

Latitude: 34°2'36"S
Longitude: 141°25'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.043333333333,141.43

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	None	Rutile	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ba C Ca H Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Gypsum None Rutile Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Sepiolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	10034	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	10030,10031,10034	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	10037	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	10030,10031,10032,10034	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	10029,10033,10035,10037	6890
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	10034	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	10029,10034	2994
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	10030	3106
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	10034	241

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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