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Gold Coast City Shire, Queensland, Australiai
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PlacePopulation
Gold Coast591,473 (2016)
Southport28,315 (2015)
Surfers Paradise18,501 (2015)
Nerang16,256 (2015)
Burleigh Waters13,868 (2015)
Palm Beach13,494 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
219288
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:219288:1
GUID (UUID V4):
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8 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
References:
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
'Monazite Group'
Formula: REE(PO4)
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
References:
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
References:
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
References:
'Xenotime'
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Unclassified
'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)
'Xenotime'-
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O CalciteCaCO3
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
O RutileTiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
PPhosphorus
P Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
TiTitanium
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti RutileTiO2
FeIron
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe SideriteFeCO3
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)

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