Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Armidale, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 203423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Armidale, Sandon Co., New South Wales, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Armidale Basalt Column Quarry
Armidale Brickworks Pit
Burying Ground Creek
Chesterfield Prospect
Chevy Chase Clay Pit
Dicks Clay Pit
Donald Road Prospect
McKenzie & Searbys Mine
Murtaghs Lease
Otterburn Prospect
Pearsons Clay Pit

Latitude: 30°33'"S
Longitude: 151°40'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.55,151.6775

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.

Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Stibnite

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Na O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Berthierite Calcite Clay Copper Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Gold ()*	Gudmundite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	9446,9447,9448	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	9446,9447	3092
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	9452	343
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	9445,9446,9447,9448,9455	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	9452	170
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	9446,9447	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	9446,9447	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	9446,9447	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	9446,9447,9448,9449,9452,9453,9454,9455	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	9452	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	9448	6417
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	9452	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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