Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Prospect Quarry, Prospect (Prospect Hill), Cumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prospect Quarry, Prospect (Prospect Hill), Cumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°49'23"S
Longitude: 150°55'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.823055555556,150.91777777778

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Halotrichite
Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Gold ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leucite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Halotrichite
Marcasite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	233
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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