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:
Sør Rondane Mts, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 246205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sør Rondane Mts, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Asuka 881371 Meteorite (A-881371)
Asuka 881551 Meteorite (A-881551)
Asuka 881757 Lunar Meteorite (A-881757)
Asuka 882113 Meteorite (A-882113)
Balchen Mt

Latitude: 72°9'59"S
Longitude: 26°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -72.166388888889,26

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.

Allanite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Humite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Coesite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dissakisite-(Ce) ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S ()*	Magnetite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spinel ()*	Stishovite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tsangpoite ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Humite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	1758	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	1758	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1762	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1762	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	1762	236
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	1760	77
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Dissakisite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Mg)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1762	11
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1762	9895
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	1758,1760	371
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	1762	1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	1762	70
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	1760	741
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	1758	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	1758,1760,1762	5433
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	1758	33
Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S ()*	None	[(Mg_8.43Fe²⁺_1.57)_Σ=10Al₂₂Ti⁴⁺₂O₄₆(OH)₂]	0		1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1758	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	1758	230
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	1762	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	1762	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	1762	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1760	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	1758,1762	1934
Stishovite ()*	Rutile	SiO₂	1	1760	26
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	1758	1044
Tsangpoite ()*	None	Ca₅(PO₄)₂(SiO₄)	1	1758	5
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	1762	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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