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Locality Name:
Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 185699
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185699.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry)
Ardglen Rail Tunnel

Latitude: 31°44'20"S
Longitude: 150°47'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.738888888889,150.78611111111

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteAragoniteCalciteChabaziteChloriteClayCorundumFeldsparGyrolite
HarmotomeNatroliteNonePrehnitePyroxeneSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelThomsonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Gyrolite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Phillipsite-Na  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Saponite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)145808803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O145801627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)145801036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)145803250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6145802060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1458027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O14580310
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O1458066
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8145801756
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O14580142
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31458014640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O1458085
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41458014899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O145801236
Phillipsite-Na  (*)HarmotomeNa6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O1458027
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145801898
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O14580301
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O14580452
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O14580433



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