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Locality Name:
Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 22814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moina - Middlesex District, Kentish Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
All Nations Mine
Bell Mount
Bell Mt Goldfield
Devon Mine
Dolcoath Hill Quarry (Moina Quarry)
Lemonthyme Lodge
Middlesex Plains
Mt Stormont
Princess Mine
Sayers Mine
Shepherd And Murphy Mine
Stormont Mine

Latitude: 41°30'15"S
Longitude: 146°4'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.504166666667,146.07194444444

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 Au Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBismutiteCalciteChabazite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGmelinite
KaoliniteKobelliteMatlockiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteThomsoniteTobermoriteTopazVesuvianiteWollastonite

62 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gmelinite-Na  (*)Gold  (*)
Gonnardite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Offretite  (*)Okenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Saponite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sellaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Tacharanite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Topaz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Waylandite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
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)21131133419
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O213101,131081627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31131131534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1131013250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS213110,131129052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18313110,13111,131124286
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl11311271
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi413100,13104,13112,131131966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3313110,13112,131131935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)213100,13112716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)313108,13109,1311327770
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)211311226
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2513100,13104,13110,13111,131125171
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O113108310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2213112,1311327198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61131134135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)213112,131138173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)113100551
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2113113129
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2113113271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2413100,13110,13112,131139617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS213112,1311324243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4113113192
Gmelinite-Na  (*)GmeliniteNa4(Si8Al4)O24·11H2O11310125
Gold  (*)CopperAu313100,13102,1311330554
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O113108167
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3213112,131131544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6113113741
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41131045591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1131121271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4213112,1311314899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi11311388
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O113101425
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2213100,131125800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)213110,13112945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2513100,13104,13110,13112,1311317380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1131081236
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O113109146
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O11310971
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1131122349
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2113112247
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21131122273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)113113494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21131081898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2413100,13108,13112,1311339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2113112771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81131139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2613100,13104,13110,13111,13112,1311361156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS113112712
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O113108301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)213112,131134894
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF211311246
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1131106417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS213112,1311321482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6113112688
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)3611311347
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O113108452
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)113109114
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2613100,13101,13104,13110,13111,131121476
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101131121395
Waylandite  (*)AluniteBiAl3(PO4)2(OH)611311231
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31131121247



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