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Predictive Mineralogy

Possible unrecorded species at Iron Monarch Main Pit, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia

This table is based on statistical analysis of other localities containing similar species to the ones found at this locality.

Possible missing speciesFormulaMatch %Due to recorded presence of
BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4 · 6H2O100.00%Bermanite (59.68 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (100.00 %), Kidwellite (60.00 %), Metaswitzerite (73.08 %), Paravauxite (100.00 %), Robertsite (50.00 %), Switzerite (52.00 %)
VivianiteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2 · 8H2O99.99%Bermanite (51.61 %), Fairfieldite (58.02 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (80.00 %), Metaswitzerite (76.92 %), Mitridatite (53.64 %), Paravauxite (80.95 %), Switzerite (76.00 %), Triploidite (50.00 %)
RockbridgeiteFe2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)599.98%Bermanite (67.74 %), Hureaulite (51.43 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (76.00 %), Kidwellite (55.00 %), Metaswitzerite (61.54 %), Mitridatite (51.66 %), Paravauxite (80.95 %), Robertsite (54.55 %), Switzerite (52.00 %)
SchorlNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)99.95%Eosphorite (57.52 %), Fairfieldite (70.37 %), Hureaulite (50.00 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (64.00 %), Paravauxite (57.14 %), Robertsite (59.09 %), Switzerite (60.00 %), Triploidite (68.75 %)
PhosphosideriteFePO4 · 2H2O99.80%Bermanite (77.42 %), Hureaulite (55.00 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (72.00 %), Metaswitzerite (57.69 %), Paravauxite (57.14 %), Robertsite (61.36 %)
RhodoniteCaMn3Mn[Si5O15]98.79%Jacobsite (50.00 %), Pennantite (51.61 %), Pyrobelonite (51.72 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (79.41 %), Sussexite (50.00 %)
AlmandineFe2+3Al2(SiO4)398.56%Fairfieldite (54.32 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (64.00 %), Metaswitzerite (57.69 %), Paravauxite (57.14 %), Switzerite (52.00 %)
ArsenopyriteFeAsS98.17%Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (68.00 %), Metaswitzerite (50.00 %), Paravauxite (71.43 %), Switzerite (60.00 %)
StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O97.89%Bermanite (50.00 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (68.00 %), Metaswitzerite (53.85 %), Paravauxite (71.43 %)
LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O97.19%Bermanite (51.61 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (64.00 %), Metaswitzerite (57.69 %), Paravauxite (61.90 %)
StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 8H2O91.70%Bermanite (51.61 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (64.00 %), Paravauxite (52.38 %)
FrondeliteMn2+Fe3+4(PO4)3(OH)590.57%Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (56.00 %), Paravauxite (57.14 %), Robertsite (50.00 %)
Heterosite(Fe3+,Mn3+)PO489.52%Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (56.00 %), Paravauxite (52.38 %), Robertsite (50.00 %)
TephroiteMn2+2SiO488.70%Pennantite (54.84 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (50.00 %), Sussexite (50.00 %)
FluoriteCaF284.61%Weberite (84.62 %)
BerzelianiteCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)83.67%Eucairite (54.84 %), Umangite (63.86 %)
KlockmanniteCuSe82.99%Eucairite (59.68 %), Umangite (57.83 %)
CacoxeniteFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12 · 75H2O80.95%Kidwellite (60.00 %), Paravauxite (52.38 %)
SarkiniteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)80.00%Arsenoclasite (80.00 %)
BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)79.99%Bermanite (79.03 %), Eosphorite (71.90 %), Fairfieldite (77.78 %), Hureaulite (71.43 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (76.00 %), Metaswitzerite (61.54 %), Mitridatite (54.30 %), Paravauxite (66.67 %), Robertsite (68.18 %), Switzerite (72.00 %), Triploidite (68.75 %)
TriphyliteLiFe2+PO479.97%Bermanite (54.84 %), Fairfieldite (66.67 %), Hureaulite (53.57 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (60.00 %), Metaswitzerite (57.69 %), Paravauxite (66.67 %), Robertsite (59.09 %), Switzerite (52.00 %), Triploidite (53.13 %)
ZirconZr(SiO4)79.75%Fairfieldite (70.37 %), Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (52.00 %), Metaswitzerite (50.00 %), Paravauxite (61.90 %), Switzerite (64.00 %), Weberite (69.23 %)
GoldAu79.18%Bohdanowiczite (57.14 %), Clausthalite (51.11 %), Guanajuatite (68.29 %), Naumannite (66.53 %), Wittichenite (53.97 %)
TorberniteCu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O77.14%Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (52.00 %), Paravauxite (52.38 %)
SpessartineMn2+3Al2(SiO4)370.58%Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (70.59 %)
CryoliteNa2NaAlF669.23%Weberite (69.23 %)
ProsopiteCaAl2F4[(OH)4-xFx]69.23%Weberite (69.23 %)
Hydrokenoralstonite Na0.5(Al,Mg)2(F,OH)6 · H2O 69.23%Weberite (69.23 %)
PyrochroiteMn(OH)266.66%Allactite (66.67 %)
CassiteriteSnO266.13%Fairfieldite (51.85 %), Switzerite (64.00 %)
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe){Ca}{Mn2+}{Fe2+2}{Fe3+2}(PO4)4(OH)2 · 8H2O64.00%Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (64.00 %)
PyroxmangiteMn2+SiO361.76%Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (61.76 %)
GearksutiteCa[Al(F,OH)5(H2O)]61.53%Weberite (61.54 %)
PachnoliteNaCa[AlF6] · H2O61.53%Weberite (61.54 %)
UraniniteUO259.25%Fairfieldite (59.26 %)
PlumbogummitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)658.82%Kintoreite (58.82 %)
BeudantitePbFe3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)658.44%Hidalgoite (58.44 %)
ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2 · H2O57.14%Paravauxite (57.14 %)
HydroxylapatiteCa5(PO4)3(OH)56.00%Jahnsite-(CaMnMn) (56.00 %)
Riebeckite◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(OH)253.84%Weberite (53.85 %)
ThomsenoliteNaCa[AlF6] · H2O53.84%Weberite (53.85 %)
AdeliteCaMg(AsO4)(OH)53.33%Allactite (53.33 %)
EulytineBi4(SiO4)351.85%Namibite (51.85 %)
AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O51.57%Phillipsite-K (51.58 %)
CorkitePbFe3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)650.98%Kintoreite (50.98 %)
ScoroditeFe3+AsO4 · 2H2O50.64%Hidalgoite (50.65 %)
SulphurS850.00%Sassolite (50.00 %)
WulfenitePb(MoO4)40.11%Vanadinite (50.14 %)

Key: Mineral matches key element mineralogy of deposit Key element(s) in mineral not listed for deposit (-20% score)


Predicting paragenetic modes of deposit

Green indicates almost certain match based on minerals unique to a certain deposit type. Yellow indicates a possibly poor match, but should not be entirely discounted. Scores > 100 indicate strong confidence.

Paragenetic ModeScore
33 : Minerals deposited by hydrothermal metal-rich fluids (see also [#12])

Unique: Bohdanowiczite, Clausthalite, Crednerite, Eucairite, Guanajuatite, Naumannite, etc.
817
32 : Ba/Mn/Pb/Zn deposits, including metamorphic deposits

Unique: Allactite, Hausmannite, Hetaerolite, Pennantite, Pyrosmalite-(Mn), Whiteite-(MnMnMg)
563
47a : Low-𝑇 subaerial oxidative hydration, weathering (see also #16 and #23) - [Near-surface hydration of prior minerals]

Unique: Fraipontite, Halloysite
419
22 : Hydration and low-𝑇 subsurface aqueous alteration (see also #23)

Unique: Arsenoclasite, Gatehouseite, Paravauxite, Switzerite
390
47c : Low-𝑇 subaerial oxidative hydration, weathering (see also #16 and #23) - [Carbonates, phosphates, borates, nitrates]

Unique: Smithsonite
274
47g : Low-𝑇 subaerial oxidative hydration, weathering (see also #16 and #23) - [Halogen-bearing surface weathering minerals]

Unique: Chlorargyrite, Iodargyrite
204
48 : Soil leaching zone minerals

Unique: Gibbsite
115
23 : Subaerial aqueous alteration by non-redox-sensitive fluids (see also #47)

Unique: Sussexite
105
21 : Chemically precipitated carbonate, phosphate, iron formations

Unique: Montgomeryite
101
53 : Other minerals with taphonomic origins

Unique: Middlebackite
100
47h : Low-𝑇 subaerial oxidative hydration, weathering (see also #16 and #23) - [Near-surface oxidized, dehydrated minerals]49
47e : Low-𝑇 subaerial oxidative hydration, weathering (see also #16 and #23) - [Vanadates, chromates, manganates]48
34 : Complex granite pegmatites42
47d : Low-𝑇 subaerial oxidative hydration, weathering (see also #16 and #23) - [Arsenates, antimonates, selenates, bismuthinates]35
40 : Regional metamorphism (greenschist, amphibolite, granulite facies)25
47b : Low-𝑇 subaerial oxidative hydration, weathering (see also #16 and #23) - [Sulfates and sulfites]23
31 : Thermally altered carbonate, phosphate, and iron formations17
49 : Oxic cellular biomineralization (see also #44)17
26 : Hadean detrital minerals16
45b : Oxidized fumarolic minerals (see also [#11]) - [Other oxidized fumarolic minerals]14