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Locality Name:
Glamorgan Spring Bay Municipality, Tasmania, Australia


mindat Locality ID: 290885
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290885.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glamorgan Spring Bay Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bicheno
Coles Bay
Little Swanport
Maria Island
Swansea

Latitude: 42°7'13"S
Longitude: 148°8'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -42.120277777778,148.13972222222
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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Na O Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteNoneQuartzRutileTopazTourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Corundum  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181130324286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11303727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21130325171
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31130321797
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21130339617
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1130334924
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1130312349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2413031,13034,13035,1303861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1130352705
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2213031,130321476


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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