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Mindarie, District Council of Karoonda East Murray, South Australia, Australiai
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MindarieTown
District Council of Karoonda East MurrayLocal Government Area
South AustraliaState
AustraliaCountry

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Type:
Town
Mindat Locality ID:
252126
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:252126:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Mindarie, District de Karoonda East Murray, Australie-Méridionale, Australie
Asturian:
Mindarie, Australia Meridional
Dutch:
Mindarie, District Council of Karoonda East Murray, Zuid-Australië, Australië


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5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Anatase
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
ⓘ 'Leucoxene'
ⓘ 'Monazite Group'
Formula: REE(PO4)
ⓘ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘGoethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘRutile4.DB.05TiO2
ⓘAnatase4.DD.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)
ⓘ'Leucoxene'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnataseTiO2
Oⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
Oⓘ RutileTiO2
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ AnataseTiO2
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiⓘ RutileTiO2
FeIron
Feⓘ GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Oculina umbellata
species		Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Oculinidae : Oculina : Oculina umbellata33.9 - 23.03 Ma
Cenozoic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindarie,_South_Australia
Wikidata ID:Q6863696
GeoNames ID:2157577

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Australian PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Stephen Mudge, Mark Teakle (2003) Geophysical exploration for heavy mineral sands near Mindarie, South Australia. ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2003:3, 249-255. DOI:10.1071/ASEGSpec12_19.
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