Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bencubbin, Mount Marshall Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 280516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bencubbin, Mount Marshall Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bencubbin Meteorite

Latitude: 30°45'"S
Longitude: 117°46'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.75,117.78305555556

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Spinel

Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Diamond Feldspar Garnet Iron Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group
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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	18111	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	18111	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	18111	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	18111	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	18111	94
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	18111	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	18111	697
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	18111	944
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	18111	86
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	18111	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	18111	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	18111	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	18111	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	18111	14899
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	18111	9056
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	18111	1934
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	18111	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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