Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moonie, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 286121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moonie, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Miles Meteorite

Latitude: 27°49'59"S
Longitude: 150°19'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -27.833055555556,150.33277777778

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.

Apatite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	None	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Rutile
Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Merrillite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tridymite ()*	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 Ca Cl Cr Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Corundum Feldspar Iron None Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Rutile
Sodalite Spinel Tridymite

14 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	11715	8803
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	1	11715	39
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	11715	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	11715	3902
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	11715	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	11715	1089
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	11715	230
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	11715	303
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	11715	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	11715	374
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	11715	444
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	11715	703
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	11715	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	11715	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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