Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 253878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bass Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cape Paterson
Phillip Island
San Remo
Wonthaggi

Latitude: 38°34'28"S
Longitude: 145°26'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.574444444444,145.43472222222

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Erionite	Feldspar	Ferrierite	Heulandite	Lévyne	Mica	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stilbite	Thomsonite	Vivianite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite-Na ()*	Ferrierite-Mg ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lévyne-Na ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Stilbite-Na ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Erionite Feldspar Ferrierite Heulandite Lévyne Mica Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stilbite Thomsonite Vivianite
Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	13464,13468	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	7	13466,13468,13471,13474,13475,13478,13479	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	13468,13478	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	13468,13478	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	13460,13474,13475,13476	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	13466,13468,13471,13472,13475,13476,13478,13479,13480	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	13478	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	2	13460,13478	66
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	13468	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	13468,13478	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	13480	8173
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	13460	31
Erionite-Na ()*	Erionite	Na₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	13460	13
Ferrierite-Mg ()*	Ferrierite	[Mg₂(K,Na)₂Ca_0.5](Si₂₉Al₇)O₇₂·18H₂O	1	13460	34
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	13468	2740
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	13460	246
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	13468	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	13463	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	13468	179
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	13459,13481	1271
Lévyne-Na ()*	Lévyne	Na₆(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	1	13478	3
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	13468	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	13478	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	13464	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	13468	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	13468	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	4	13466,13471,13478,13479	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	3	13474,13475,13478	146
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	13478	158
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	13468	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	13468	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	13464,13468	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	13459,13468	6417
Stilbite-Na ()*	Stilbite	Na₉(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	13478	15
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	13468,13471,13478	452
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	13483	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	13463	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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