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:
Woy Woy Peninsula, Woy Woy, Northumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 31028
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31028.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Woy Woy Peninsula, Woy Woy, Northumberland Co., New South Wales, Australia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Putty Beach

Latitude: 33°31'46"S
Longitude: 151°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -33.529444444444,151.36666666667

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.

Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	None	Phosphosiderite	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 C Ca Fe H Li Mn Na O P S Sc Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Gypsum None Phosphosiderite Smectite-vermiculite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Gypsum ()*	Kolbeckite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Siderite ()*
Vernadite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	8936	6890
Kolbeckite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Sc(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	8936	26
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	8936	210
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	8936	65

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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