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:
Grove Mountain 99027 Martian Meteorite (GRV 99027), Grove Mts, American Highland, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 155492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grove Mountain 99027 Martian Meteorite (GRV 99027), Grove Mts, American Highland, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 73°4'59"S
Longitude: 75°12'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -73.083055555556,75.2

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.

Cerite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Spinel

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: Ca Cr Fe Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cr Fe Mg Na O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite None Olivine Pyroxene Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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