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:
West Scottsdale, Scottsdale District, Dorset Municipality, Tasmania, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 288974
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288974.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Scottsdale, Scottsdale District, Dorset Municipality, Tasmania, Australia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
West Scottsdale Quarry (Briggs Quarry; Springfield Quarry; Sledge Track Quarry)
West Scottsdale Quarry (Briggs Quarry; Springfield Quary; Sledge Track Quarry)

Latitude: 41°10'51"S
Longitude: 147°29'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -41.180833333333,147.48527777778

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.

Corundum	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Sapphirine

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Natrolite None Olivine Pyroxene Sapphirine

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Rhönite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	12987	2060
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	12987	1188
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	12987	167
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	12987	5433
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	12987	1236
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	12987	47

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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