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Locality Name:
Balfour-Temma District, Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 236388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balfour-Temma District, Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Balfour
Balfour South
Temma

Latitude: 41°15'26"S
Longitude: 144°50'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.257222222222,144.84722222222

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Connellite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane
Talc	Woodwardite

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Connellite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Grunerite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Paratacamite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Woodwardite ()*
Zussmanite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Beryl Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Connellite Corundum Covellite Digenite Garnet Hydrotalcite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane
Talc Woodwardite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	12900	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	12898	1310
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	12900	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	12894,12895	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	12893	5509
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	12899	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	12893	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	12894,12895	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	12892	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	12893	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	12891,12892,12893,12895,12896,12899,12901	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2	12900,12901	577
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	12899	295
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	12898	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	12893	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	12893	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	12891	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	12900	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	12901	24243
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	12900,12901	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	12900	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	12900,12901	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12893	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12898	168
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12894	17380
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	12899	158
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	12893	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	12893,12894,12900,12901	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	12891,12894,12895,12896	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	12894	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	12900,12901	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	12895,12901	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2	12900,12901	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12900	3337
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	1	12893	57
Zussmanite ()*	Clay	K(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄	1	12900	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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