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


mindat Locality ID: 252125
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252125.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karoonda, Murray Mallee, Murray Basin, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Karoonda Meteorite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Bi Ca Cl Cu Fe Mg Ni O P Pt S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteChalcopyriteCorundumFeldsparMeloniteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePyrite
PyroxeneSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1124591036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61124592060
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211245927198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl112459203
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31124591797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6112459944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1124591188
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31124595433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411245914899
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2112459133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81124591512
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6112459303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211245939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81124599056
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41124591934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)112459703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1124591044


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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