Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 25591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°13'38"S
Longitude: 115°5'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -30.227222222222,115.08777777778

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.

Gypsum	None	Quartz	Taranakite

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 K Mg O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Mg O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Gypsum None Quartz Taranakite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Ardealite ()*	Brushite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Newberyite ()*	Quartz ()*
Taranakite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	30
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	104
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Newberyite ()*	None	Mg(PO₃OH)·3H₂O	24
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	57

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060233	Moorba Cave, Jurien Bay, Dandaragan Shire, Western Australia, Australia	https://rruff.info/R060233

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