Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 219293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cairns
Kuranda
Mossman
Mount Martin
Prosperpine
Snapper Island

Latitude: 18°1'25"S
Longitude: 146°37'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -18.023611111111,146.63027777778

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.

Axinite	Calcite	Clay	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Ramsdellite	Smectite-vermiculite

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 B C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Calcite Clay Cristobalite Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Ramsdellite Smectite-vermiculite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	11113	260
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈	1	11111	27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	11111	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	11111	453
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	11111	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	11111	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	11111	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	2	11108,11109	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	11111	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	11106,11107,11111	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	11111	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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