Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Flinders Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 62
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Flinders Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Killiecrankie
Lady Barron
Peaks Of Flinders (Mt Strzelecki)
Tanners Bay Tinfield

Latitude: 40°2'36"S
Longitude: 148°0'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -40.043333333333,148.00027777778

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.

Analcime	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Rutile	Topaz	Tourmaline
Zircon

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 Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Beryl Calcite Feldspar None Quartz Rutile Topaz Tourmaline
Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	13001,13004,13007	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13006	3250
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	13001,13007	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	13006	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	13001,13003,13008	5171
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	13001,13003,13004,13007	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	13001,13003,13004,13007	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	13001,13004,13007,13008	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	13006	6417
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	6	13001,13002,13003,13004,13007,13008	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	13001	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070354	Flinders Island, Furneaux Group, Flinders Municipality, Tasmania, Australia	https://rruff.info/R070354

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