Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 265021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265021.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pinnaroo Meteorite

Latitude: 35°22'59"S
Longitude: 140°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.383055555556,140.91638888889

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.

Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Iron	None	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scacchite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Lawrencite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tridymite ()*
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 Cl Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Iron None Pentlandite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Rutile Scacchite Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite

21 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	12463	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	12463	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	12463	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	12463	3846
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	12463	157
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	12463	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	12463	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	12463	191
Lawrencite ()*	Scacchite	FeCl₂	1	12463	30
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	12463	451
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	12463	230
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	12463	58
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	12463	1512
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	12463	303
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	12463	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	12463	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12463	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	12463	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	12463	116
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	12463	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	12463	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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