Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Shark Bay Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 272643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shark Bay Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cockburn Station
Hamelin Pool
Hutt And Leeman Lagoons
Woodleigh Station

Latitude: 26°24'26"S
Longitude: 114°16'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -26.407222222222,114.27027777778

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile
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 Ca Fe H K O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile
Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bassanite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reidite ()*	Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	18621	82
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	18623	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	18623	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	18618	5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	18623	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18623	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	18623	61156
Reidite ()*	None	Zr(SiO₄)	1	18623	8
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	18618	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	18618,18623	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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