Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Meander Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 290893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meander Valley Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Carrick - Hadspen District
Dunorlan
Mole Creek
Upper Forth Valley
Upper Mersey Valley

Latitude: 41°35'37"S
Longitude: 146°25'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.593611111111,146.41861111111

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite
Gyrolite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Thomsonite	Tobermorite	Topaz	Turquoise

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tacharanite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Turquoise ()*
Variscite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite
Gyrolite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Thomsonite Tobermorite Topaz Turquoise

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	13163,13166	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13159	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	13161	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	13158,13163,13164,13166,13169	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	13161	5171
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	13163	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	13163	66
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	13161	27198
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	13157	310
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	13163	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	13161	9617
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	13157	121
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	13163	142
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	13161	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	13161	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	13163	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	13161	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	13155,13161,13168	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	13167	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	13161	21482
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	1	13163	47
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	13163,13164	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	13163	114
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	13161	1476
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	13157	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	13157	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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