Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 290785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Circular Head Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 74
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Arthur River District
Balfour-Temma District
Cape Grim District
Corinna-Savage River District
Interview River District
Marrawah District
Robbins Island
Smithton
Stanley

Latitude: 41°2'15"S
Longitude: 144°58'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.0375,144.97055555556

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite
Baryte	Beryl	Brannerite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Ettringite
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite
Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite	Tobermorite	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wavellite	Woodwardite	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 As Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Na Nd Ni O Os P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite
Baryte Beryl Brannerite Brochantite Calcite Chabazite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore Digenite Epidote Ettringite
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Gyrolite Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Ludwigite Malachite Mica Millerite
Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Oxalate Perovskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene
Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite Tobermorite Tourmaline Turquoise Vivianite Wavellite Woodwardite Zircon

121 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*
Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Annite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferri-winchite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Osmium ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sorosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Tacharanite ()*	Talc ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tobermorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Whewellite ()*	Winchite ()*	Woodwardite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zussmanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	12914,12916,12918	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	12916,12918	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	12918	470
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	12900	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	9	12903,12904,12905,12906,12931,12932,12934,12937,12943	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	12918	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	12898	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	12918	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	12918	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	12917	445
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	12900	356
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12918	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	12914,12917,12918	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5	12903,12906,12931,12934,12943	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	12894,12895,12921	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	12893	5509
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	12916,12918	49
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	12918	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	12918	5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	12899	49
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	12919	248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	12893,12918	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	12903,12905,12906,12918,12931,12932,12934	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	12894,12895,12924	5171
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	12931	66
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	12892,12918	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	12893	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	12891,12892,12893,12895,12896,12899,12901,12914,12917,12918,12922,12923	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	3	12900,12901,12918	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	12873,12875,12918	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	12914,12918	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	12918	1025
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	12899	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	12876,12918	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	12898	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	12893	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12918	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	12918	2970
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	12910	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	12893,12917,12918	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	12918	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	12891,12908,12914,12918,12919,12939	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	12918	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	12916,12918,12941	8173
Ferri-winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12918	16
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	12900,12918,12929	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	12934	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	12901,12929	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	12918	70
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	12918	504
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12916	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	12918	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	12875,12910,12911,12913,12917,12918,12919,12920	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	2	12903,12943	167
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	12918	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	12918	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	12900,12901	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	12903,12906,12918	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	12934	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	12900,12914,12918	14640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	1	12924	57
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	12903	85
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	12918	5433
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	12910	162
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	12903,12918	5591
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	12918	134
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	12918	229
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12918	238
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12918	93
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	12873	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	4	12908,12914,12915,12918	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	12900,12901,12914,12917,12918	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	12893,12918	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12898	168
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	12934	425
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	12918	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	12918	945
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)	1	12929	26
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	12894,12916,12918	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	6	12903,12904,12905,12931,12934,12943	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	12917	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	12917	176
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	12934	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	12906,12934	2994
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	12910	169
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	12917	767
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	12899	158
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	12893	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	12870,12871,12877,12880,12881,12886,12887,12888,12893,12894,12900,12901,12914,12917,12918,12921	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	12918	89
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	12918	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	12882,12891,12894,12895,12896,12911,12912,12915,12918,12919,12921	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	1	12918	66
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	12918	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	12934	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	12894,12921	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	12918	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	12900,12901,12918,12929	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	12917	249
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	12917	531
Sorosite ()*	Nickeline	Cu_1+x(Sn,Sb)	1	12873	6
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	12895,12901,12929	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	12906	1934
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	12934	57
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2	12900,12901	456
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	2	12903,12934	47
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	12900,12915,12917,12918	3337
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	12903	183
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	12929	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	12918	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	2	12903,12934	114
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	12914,12918	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	4	12870,12877,12888,12918	484
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	12876	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	5	12870,12877,12880,12886,12888	374
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	1	12903	66
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	12918	51
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	1	12893	57
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	12929	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	12918	5251
Zussmanite ()*	Clay	K(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄	1	12900	5

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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