Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shepherd And Murphy Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shepherd And Murphy Mine, Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°29'9"S
Longitude: 146°4'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.485833333333,146.0825

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Matlockite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Cannonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sellaite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Topaz ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Waylandite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Matlockite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Cannonite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)(OH)₂	26
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	46
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	688
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	31
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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