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:
Brattnevet Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 109183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brattnevet Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 69°24'25"S
Longitude: 76°15'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -69.406944444444,76.250833333333

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fillowite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Tivanite	Wagnerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chopinite ()*	Corundum ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Stornesite-(Y) ()*	Wagnerite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Clay Corundum Feldspar Fillowite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Tivanite Wagnerite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Chopinite ()*	None	Mg₃(PO₄)₂	2
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Stornesite-(Y) ()*	Fillowite	Na₆(Ca₅Na₃)YMg₄₃(PO₄)₃₆	2
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F	61
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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