Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Break O'Day Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 290783
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290783.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Break O'Day Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Blue Tier District
Fingal
Mangana
Mathinna District
Scamander District
St Helens District
St Marys

Latitude: 41°27'9"S
Longitude: 148°2'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.4525,148.04166666667

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Alunite	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Devilline	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gismondine	Gmelinite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Topaz	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Alunite Analcime Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Devilline Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Gismondine Gmelinite Gypsum Ktenasite Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Topaz Wurtzite

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antlerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Duftite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gmelinite-Ca ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Roxbyite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sellaite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	12785	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12785	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	12783	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	12796	3092
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	12799	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	12781,12785,12796,12799	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	12799,12801	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	12785	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	12785	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	12785,12799	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	12799	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	12783,12789,12805	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	12781,12782,12785,12802	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	12799	925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	1	12799	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	12785,12799	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	12785,12799	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	12799	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	12799	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	12780,12781	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	12785,12799	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	12785	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	12799	2970
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	12799	220
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	12785	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	12785	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	12785	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	12783	128
Gmelinite-Ca ()*	Gmelinite	Ca₂(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	1	12783	20
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12799	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	12790,12791,12793,12794,12795,12796	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	12783	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	12799	6890
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	1	12799	75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	12799	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	12799	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	12799	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12785	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	12782,12785	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12785	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	12799	254
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	12783	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12785	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	12799	428
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	12785	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	12785	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	12785	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	12785,12789,12805	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	12785	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	12782,12785,12791,12794,12796	61156
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	1	12799	27
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	12783	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	12783	301
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	12781,12799	1153
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	1	12785	46
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	12785,12796	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	12785	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	12799	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	12785	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	12783	452
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	12785	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	12785	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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