Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 281322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria, Australia": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bulldog Creek
Fossil Beach
Moorooduc
Mornington
Point Leo (Point Bobbanaring)
West Head

Latitude: 38°20'4"S
Longitude: 145°3'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -38.334444444444,145.05527777778

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Feldspar	Gmelinite	Gypsum	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite
Turquoise	Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*
Corundum ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Turquoise ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Clay Copper Corundum
Feldspar Gmelinite Gypsum Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite
Turquoise Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	14430	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	14430	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	14430	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	14430	27770
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	14430	66
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	14429	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	14430	2740
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	1	14430	25
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	14424	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	14425	6890
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	14430	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	14425	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	14430	179
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	14430	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	14430	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	14430	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	14427	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	14430	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	14429	1934
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	14430	452
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	14427	484
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	14429,14430	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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