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Locality Name:
South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 225845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dumbalk
Hoddle Range
Leongatha
Toora
Venus Bay
Waratah Bay

Latitude: 38°38'11"S
Longitude: 146°3'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.636388888889,146.05722222222
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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Sn Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerauniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteNone
PalygorskitePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTourmalineTurquoiseWavelliteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluellite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Planerite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Strengite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O114609136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O114609280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11461427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2214612,146135171
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4114609651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21146169895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1146138173
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O11460940
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2114609286
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1146096890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3214606,1461014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31146135433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411461314899
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O114616306
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O11460943
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211460939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2314609,14610,1461461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21146135614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1146132705
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O114609263
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1146091059
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O114609484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O114609301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O114609374
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1146135251


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