Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Adelaide, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 257434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adelaide, South Mt Lofty Ranges (Adelaide Hills), Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Adelaide Meteorite

Latitude: 34°55'36"S
Longitude: 138°35'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -34.926666666667,138.59916666667

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.

Diaspore	Feldspar	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Spinel

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hibonite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Spinel ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Ca Ce Cr Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Diaspore Feldspar Iron Magnetoplumbite None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	12242	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	12242	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	12242	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	12242	94
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	12242	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	12242	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	12242	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12242	7437
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇	1	12242	19
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	12242	741
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	12242	80
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	12242	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	12242	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	12242	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	12242	495
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	12242	1934
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	12242	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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