Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Murchison, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 281061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murchison, City Of Greater Shepparton, Victoria, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Murchison Meteorite

Latitude: 36°37'"S
Longitude: 145°11'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -36.616666666667,145.19972222222

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Cerite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron	Magnetoplumbite
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Oxalate	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Sapphirine	Schreyerite	Serpentine
Spinel	Tochilinite	Tridymite

Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Grossite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hexamolybdenum ()*
Hibonite ()*	Iron ()*	Machiite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Murchisite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nierite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Troilite ()*
Warkite ()*	Whewellite ()*

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 Ce Cr Fe H Ir K Mg Mo N Na Ni O Os P Ru S Sc Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Cerite Clay Corundum Diamond Feldspar Gypsum Iron Magnetoplumbite
Nickeline None Olivine Oxalate Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Sapphirine Schreyerite Serpentine
Spinel Tochilinite Tridymite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	4700	0	1	13979	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4700	0	1	13979	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4700	0	1	13979	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4700	0	1	13979	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4700	0	1	13979	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4700	0	1	13979	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	4700	0	1	13979	94
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	4700	0	1	13979	1797
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	4700	0	1	13979	54
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	4700	0	1	13979	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4700	0	1	13979	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4700	0	1	13979	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	4700	0	1	13979	944
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	4700	0	1	13979	30
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	4700	0	1	13979	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	4700	0	1	13979	2812
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4700	0	1	13979	61
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇	4700	0	1	13979	19
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4700	0	1	13979	6890
Hexamolybdenum ()*	None	(Mo,Ru,Fe,Ir,Os)	4700	0	1	13979	5
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	4700	0	1	13979	80
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	4700	0	1	13979	1089
Machiite ()*	Schreyerite	Al₂Ti₃O₉	4700	0	1	13979	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4700	0	1	13979	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	4700	0	1	13979	230
Murchisite ()*	None	Cr₅S₆	4700	0	1	13979	1
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	4700	0	1	13979	884
Nierite ()*	None	Si₃N₄	4700	0	1	13979	7
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	4700	0	1	13979	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	4700	0	1	13979	495
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4700	0	1	13979	9056
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	4700	0	1	13979	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	4700	0	1	13979	1934
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	4700	0	1	13979	56
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	4700	0	1	13979	1044
Warkite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₂Sc₆Al₆O₂₀	4700	0	1	13979	2
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	4700	4700	1	13979	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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