Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
The Sidling, Launceston City Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 293369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "The Sidling, Launceston City Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Eagle Road Quarry

Latitude: 41°16'40"S
Longitude: 147°24'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.277777777778,147.40472222222

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Gismondine	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Tridymite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Gismondine Natrolite None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gismondine ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Pyrite ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13153	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	13153	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13153	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	13153	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	13153	1188
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	13153	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	13153	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	13153	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	13153	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	13153	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	13153	39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	13153	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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