Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Straumsvola Complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 155834
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155834.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Straumsvola Complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 72°6'60"S
Longitude: 0°-19'-60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -72.116666666667,-0.33333333333333

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dalyite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fluorite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Narsarsukite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vlasovite ()*	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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Natrolite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dalyite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅	15
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	182
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	49
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	34
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vlasovite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₄O₁₁	9
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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