Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry), Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 67
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ardglen Quarry (State Rail Quarry), Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°44'21"S
Longitude: 150°46'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -31.739166666667,150.78027777778

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	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Gyrolite
Harmotome	Natrolite	None	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Gyrolite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Phillipsite-Na ()*
Prehnite ()*	Saponite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Gyrolite
Harmotome Natrolite None Prehnite Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	66
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	85
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Phillipsite-Na ()*	Harmotome	Na₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	27
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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