Mossman, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 16° 27' 37'' South , 145° 22' 24'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -16.46028,145.37333 |
GeoHash: | G#: rjp6k53xu |
Köppen climate type: | Am : Tropical monsoon climate |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Nsutite Formula: (Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2 Reference: Zwicker, W.K. et al (1962) Nsutite - a widespread manganese oxide mineral. American Mineralogist, 47, 246-266. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | 'Nsutite' | 4.DB.15c | (Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 4 - SIMPLE OXIDES | |||
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AX2 | |||
ⓘ | Nsutite | 4.4.8.1 | (Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Nsutite | (Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Nsutite | (Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2 |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | ⓘ Nsutite | (Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2 |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Cenozoic 0 - 66 Ma ID: 884819 | sand plain 38499 Age: Cenozoic (0 - 66 Ma) Description: Sand or gravel plains; may include some residual alluvium; quartz sand sheets commonly with ferruginous pisoliths or pebbles; local clay, calcrete, laterite, silcrete, silt, colluvium Comments: regolith; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Regolith Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
Devonian - Silurian 358.9 - 443.8 Ma ID: 3190490 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (358.9 - 443.8 Ma) Lithology: Siltstone,schist,sandstone,shale,mudstone Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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