Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
The Rookery, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 283811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "The Rookery, Robinson Co., New South Wales, Australia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Langford Shaft
Mount Nurri Prospect
Narri Prospect
Rookery Fireclay Deposit
Rookery Limestone Quarries
Rookery Prospect

Latitude: 31°43'"S
Longitude: 146°3'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.716666666667,146.05194444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cubanite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cubanite Kaolinite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Galena ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	9228	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	9225,9228	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	9225,9228	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	9228	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	9225,9228	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	9226	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	9228	451
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	9228	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	9225,9228	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	9225,9228	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	9223,9224,9225,9228	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	9225,9228	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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