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


mindat Locality ID: 22783
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22783.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dookie, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ascot Hills
Dookie Limestone Deposit
Dookie Mineralogical Reserve Quarry
Dookie Township Quarry
Mount Major

Latitude: 36°20'40"S
Longitude: 145°41'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.344444444444,145.69305555556
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 As B Ba 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: 
AluniteAmphiboleAxiniteBaryteCalciteClinozoisiteDanburiteDufréniteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePrehnitePyriteQuartz
RockbridgeiteStilbiteTourmalineVesuvianiteWardite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Baryte  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cyrilovite  (*)Danburite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Laumontite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Natrodufrénite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Stellerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2313972,13974,139753419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)213974,139758803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3213972,139741534
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2213972,13974260
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11397711547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O113972280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)313972,13973,1397427770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)213972,139741025
Cyrilovite  (*)WarditeNaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O11397260
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8113972148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)113974498
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)113972648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)213974,139758173
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)211397427
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21139729617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3213972,139741544
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1139741271
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O113974425
Natrodufrénite  (*)DufréniteNaFe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O11397246
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6113972254
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O113972428
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21139741898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211397439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2313973,13974,1397561156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5113972206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1139722705
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O113974189
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2213973,139742562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101139721395


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