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Locality Name:
Dowerin Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 248180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dowerin Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dowerin

Latitude: 31°12'17"S
Longitude: 117°2'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.204722222222,117.045
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 B Be C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylCalciteClayFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneOlivineQuartz
SpinelTourmaline

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spinel  (*)
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)2215616,156173419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1156178803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3215616,156172353
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18215616,156174286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11561727770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41156173902
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4215616,15617321
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2215616,15617327
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4115617445
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4215616,15617407
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2215616,156172273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2215616,1561761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1156172705
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41156161934


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