Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 185729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macedon Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bullengarook
Gisborne
Lancefield
Lauriston
Malmsbury
Mount Macedon
Newham
Riddells Creek
Romsey
Tylden
Woodend

Latitude: 37°20'57"S
Longitude: 144°34'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.349166666667,144.57361111111

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar
Halotrichite	Harmotome	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Stibnite	Thomsonite	Turquoise	Wavellite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Huntite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Sb Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar
Halotrichite Harmotome Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel
Stibnite Thomsonite Turquoise Wavellite Zircon

31 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	14328	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	14305,14306,14340	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	14328	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	14306,14318,14335,14340	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	3	14318,14328,14340	310
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	14340	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	14328	453
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1	14328	84
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	14328	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	14311,14315,14316,14322,14325	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	14340	167
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	14302	409
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	14306	69
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	14306,14328	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	14328	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	14340	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	14340	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	14317,14327,14328,14335	2994
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	2	14328,14340	75
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	14302	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	14301	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	14311,14316,14318	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	14330	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	14328	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	14306	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	14328	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	14315	3418
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	14318,14340	452
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	14338	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	14307	374
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	14334	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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