Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sylvania Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 276117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sylvania Station, Meekatharra Shire, Western Australia, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Coobina Chromite Mine (Jimblebah; Jimblebar; Murramunda)
Warrawanda Chrome Chalcedony Prospect

Latitude: 23°29'30"S
Longitude: 120°16'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -23.491666666667,120.27555555556

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	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	None	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

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 C Cr Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum None Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	17666	708
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	17666,17667	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	17666	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	17666	1756
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	17667	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	17666	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	17666,17667	14899
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	17667	43
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	17666	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	17666,17667	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	17666,17667	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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