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Locality Name:
Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 214174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine)

Latitude: 30°49'59"S
Longitude: 151°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.833055555556,151.25
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: Ba Cl Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAphthitaliteBaryteBrauniteCerchiaraiteMilariteNoneOlivinePectolite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Cerchiaraite-(Mn)  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Iwateite  (*)Mangano-ferri-eckermannite  (*)Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite  (*)Namansilite  (*)Nambulite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Noelbensonite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Serandite  (*)
Sugilite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6164651022
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1646511547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)16465483
Cerchiaraite-(Mn)  (*)CerchiaraiteBa4Mn3+4(Si4O12)O2(OH)4Cl2[Si2O3(OH)4]164652
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O416465350
Iwateite  (*)AphthitaliteNa2BaMn(PO4)2164652
Mangano-ferri-eckermannite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mn2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2164654
Mangano-mangani-ungarettiite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mn2+2Mn3+3)Si8O22O2164653
Namansilite  (*)NoneNaMn3+Si2O6164658
Nambulite  (*)RhodoniteLiMn2+4Si5O14(OH)1646512
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)16465186
Noelbensonite  (*)NoneBaMn3+2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O164656
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21646561156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)16465969
Serandite  (*)PectoliteNaMn2+2Si3O8(OH)1646538
Sugilite  (*)MilariteKNa2Fe3+2(Li3Si12)O301646515
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)16465240


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-30Woods Mine (Wood's Rhodonite Mine), Tamworth, Darling Co., New South Wales, Australiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-30

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