Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murray Mallee, Murray Basin, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 241430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murray Mallee, Murray Basin, South Australia, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Karoonda
Mindarie
Pinnaroo

Latitude: 35°22'59"S
Longitude: 140°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.383055555556,140.91638888889

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.

Apatite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Iron	Melonite	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scacchite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tridymite	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Lawrencite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*	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 Bi Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O P Pt S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cerite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Iron Melonite Nickeline
None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Scacchite Sphalerite Spinel
Tridymite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	12459,12463	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	12459,12463	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	12459	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	12459	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	12463	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	12463	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	12459	1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	12463	157
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	12459	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	12459	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	12459,12461,12463	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	12463	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	12463	191
Lawrencite ()*	Scacchite	FeCl₂	1	12463	30
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	12463	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	12459	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	12463	230
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	12459	133
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	12463	58
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	12459,12463	1512
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	2	12459,12463	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	12459	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	12459	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	12461,12463	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	12463	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12463	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	12459	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	12459,12463	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	12463	116
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	12463	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	12459,12463	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	12461	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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