Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cardinia Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 224249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cardinia Shire, Victoria, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cardinia Creek
Emerald
Gembrook
Pakenham
Tynong

Latitude: 37°59'49"S
Longitude: 145°30'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.996944444444,145.505

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.

Apatite	Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Quartz	Spinel	Stilbite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Dravite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Stellerite ()*
Topaz ()*	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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Quartz Spinel Stilbite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

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	13559	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	13559	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13559	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	13559	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	4	13553,13555,13556,13557	1797
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	13556	648
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	13559	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	13555,13556	30554
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	13559	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	13556	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	13559	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	13559	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	13553,13555,13556	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	13553	2705
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	13559	189
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	13555,13556	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	13553,13556	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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