Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 238448
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238448.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Amphitheatre
Avoca
Beaufort
Percydale

Latitude: 37°9'55"S
Longitude: 143°23'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.165277777778,143.39777777778

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Monazite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite
Zircon

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dickite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*	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 Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Andalusite Beryl Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Monazite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite
Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	14550	706
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	14542	1310
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	14544	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	14542	1797
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	14542	651
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	14544	551
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	14542,14544,14548	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	14542	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	14542	945
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	14546	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14544	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	14550	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	14542,14544,14546	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	14542	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	14542,14544	2705
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	14550	4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	14551	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	14542	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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