Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Karara Conservation Reserve, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2590
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2590

mindat Locality ID: 248205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karara Conservation Reserve, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Karara Mine
Rothsay Beryl Pegmatites (Seleka; Perenjori Beryl Mine)
Rothsay Mine (Woodley's Find)

Latitude: 29°15'29"S
Longitude: 116°49'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.258055555556,116.83083333333

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bityite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Inesite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 As Au Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	18255	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2590	2590	1	18254	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	18255	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	18255	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	18255	5509
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2590	2590	1	18254	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2590	2590	1	18254	4286
Bityite ()*	Mica Clay	CaLiAl₂(Si₂BeAl)O₁₀(OH)₂	2590	2590	1	18254	31
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	18255	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	18253	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	18255	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	18253,18255	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	18255	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	18253	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	18253	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	18253,18255	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	18255	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	18253	14640
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O			1	18253	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	18253	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	18253,18255	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	18255	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2590	2590	1	18254	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2590	2590	1	18254	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2590	2590	1	18254	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2590	2590	2	18254,18255	2994
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	2590	2590	1	18254	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	18253,18255	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2590	2590	3	18253,18254,18255	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2590	2590	1	18254	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	18253	6417
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	18255	1101

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Be-00055	2590	2590	2590			high						Bityite	Be	246595	Rothsay Beryl Pegmatites (Seleka; Perenjori Beryl Mine), Karara Conservation Reserve, Perenjori Shire, Western Australia, Australia		Jacobson et al. (2007)		BOOK_GPWA

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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