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Locality Name:
Penrice Marble Quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 18330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penrice Marble Quarry, Angaston, Barossa Valley, North Mt Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°28'54"S
Longitude: 139°2'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.481666666667,139.04666666667
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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AldermaniteAluniteApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeGarnet
GypsumLaueiteMicaNickelineNonePerhamitePyriteQuartzRutileSpinel
Wavellite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Aldermanite  (*)Angastonite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gordonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Minyulite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Perhamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aldermanite  (*)Aldermanite[Mg(H2O)6][Na(H2O)2Al3(PO4)2(OH)6]·H2O05
Angastonite  (*)NoneCaMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)4·7H2O01
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O040
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O018
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O031
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O019
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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