Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lilydale, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 24793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lilydale, Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cave Hill Quarry (David Mitchell Limestone Quarry; Lilydale Quarry)
Melbourne Hill

Latitude: 37°46'4"S
Longitude: 145°20'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -37.767777777778,145.33944444444

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Descloizite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: C Ca Cl Cu H O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Calcite Descloizite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Smithsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	14716	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	14716,14718	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	14716	4979
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	14716	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	14716	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	14716	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	14716	2994
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	1	14716	71
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	14716	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	14716	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	14716	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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