Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lightning Ridge, Finch Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 93
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-93.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lightning Ridge, Finch Co., New South Wales, Australia": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 45

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Coocoran Opal Fields
Glengarry Opal Field
Grawin & Glengarry Opal Fields
Grawin Opal Field
Pumpkin Flat
Three Mile
Walk In Mine
Wyoming Opal Fields

Latitude: 29°30'10"S
Longitude: 147°49'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -29.502777777778,147.81805555556

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	Clay	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ca H Mg Na O Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Clay Kaolinite None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Kaolinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	6825,6826	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	40	6790,6792,6793,6794,6795,6796,6797,6798,6799,6800,6801,6802,6805,6807,6808,6809,6810,6811,6812,6813,6815,6816,6817,6818,6819,6820,6821,6822,6823,6826,6827,6828,6829,6830,6831,6832,6833,6834,6835,6837	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	6825	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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