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Locality Name:
George Town Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 290850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "George Town Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
George Town District
Lulworth
Tamar Valley
Tipogorree Hills

Latitude: 41°5'50"S
Longitude: 146°59'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.097222222222,146.99638888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteCopperCorundumFeldsparGyroliteNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTurquoise
Wavellite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gonnardite  (*)
Gyrolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1130238803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1130271627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1130233250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1130199052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61130292060
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31130191089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)213023,1302627770
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11301924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu313014,13015,1301930554
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O113026167
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O113026142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31130235433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1130291271
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6113029303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211301939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2213015,1301961156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O113026390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1130236417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11301921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31130193418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131130195317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O113014484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O213014,13017374


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