Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 30420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°55'49"S
Longitude: 145°10'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.930277777778,145.18027777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Hydrotalcite	Millerite
None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Aragonite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Brucite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Galena ()*	Gaspéite ()*	Goethite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Reevesite ()*
Shandite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*
Zaratite ()*

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 Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Auricupride Brucite Calcite Clay Diaspore Hydrotalcite Millerite
None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	166
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	22
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	87
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	48
Shandite ()*	None	Ni₃Pb₂S₂	14
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070090	Nickel Reward Mine, Trial Harbour District, West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	https://rruff.info/R070090

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