Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire District, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 5773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kara No. 1 Pit, Kara Mines, Hampshire District, Burnie City, Tasmania, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°18'33"S
Longitude: 145°46'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.309166666667,145.77472222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Anthoinite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Ilvaite	Malachite	Meneghinite
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tengerite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anthoinite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Baileychlore ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Danalite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mpororoite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Takanelite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Anthoinite Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Ilvaite Malachite Meneghinite
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tengerite Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anthoinite ()*	Anthoinite	AlWO₃(OH)₃	14
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baileychlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Zn,Fe²⁺,Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	16
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	58
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	197
Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₂(CO₃)₄·6H₂O	10
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Mpororoite ()*	Anthoinite	Al₂O(WO₄)₂·6H₂O	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	156
Takanelite ()*	None	(Mn²⁺,Ca)_2x(Mn⁴⁺)_1-xO₂·0.7H₂O	18
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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