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Locality Name:
Oasis Dzetti, Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Oldest recorded age at locality: 928
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 272515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oasis Dzetti, Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 70°30'4"S
Longitude: 68°17'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -70.501111111111,68.289166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg O P Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteClayCoronaditeHumiteMicaNonePyroxeneSpinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Henrymeyerite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)928541027770
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl9285410203
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F29285410236
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O692854104135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)292854109895
Henrymeyerite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti7Fe2+)O1692854109
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)92854101487
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)292854102273
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O492854101934



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_004549541545±4U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  195106Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica[Loewe Massif]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_143928892910±18U/Pb zircon  YesZircon  195106Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica[Mt. Kirby]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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