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Locality Name:
Mukinbudin Shire, Western Australia, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 248193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mukinbudin Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bonnie Rock
Lake Brown Meteorite
Mukinbudin

Latitude: 30°45'26"S
Longitude: 118°14'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.757222222222,118.23361111111

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteBastnäsiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCoronaditeCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMicaNonePhenakitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteTopazZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(Y)  (*)Augite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Franklinite  (*)
Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Troilite  (*)Willemite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)318117,18120,181218803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)118121706
Allanite-(Y)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaY(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11812028
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61181142060
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F118121304
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18218117,181214286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11811427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211812127198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181181141008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16118114227
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1181148173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6118117414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4218120,18121196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21181179617
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O411811452
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11811424243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31181141544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311811414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3218117,181205433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41181165591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4518114,18117,18120,18121,1812214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)618117,18118,18119,18120,18121,181224924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2418117,18118,18119,1812217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211811439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21181213106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2718114,18117,18118,18119,18120,18121,1812261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21181175614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31181141214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11811421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O218114,181214899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21181181476
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1181151044
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4118114303
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)118120939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)218114,181215251



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