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:
Nookawarra Station, Murchison Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 278462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nookawarra Station, Murchison Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jack Hills (Eranondoo Hill)
Mount Taylor 1 Prospect

Latitude: 25°59'13"S
Longitude: 117°18'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.986944444444,117.31111111111

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
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 Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	18145	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	18143	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	18143	1310
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	18143	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	18143	3902
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	18144	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	18143	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	18143,18144	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18143	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	18145	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	18143	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	18143,18145	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	18143	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	18145	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	18145	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	18143	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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