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Locality Name:
Cosgrove, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 204985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cosgrove, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cosgrove Quarry
Grahams Quarry

Latitude: 36°21'17"S
Longitude: 145°37'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.354722222222,145.62638888889

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteApophylliteCalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetNatroliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTridymite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Grossular  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61139681022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1139698803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1139681627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)213968,1396927770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1139691025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61139684135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1139688173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1139682740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O113969303
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31139691544
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1139691271
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)113968233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411396814899
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1139691236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)113968884
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21139691898
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81139699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211396961156



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