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Locality Name:
Allan Hills A77307 Meteorite (ALHA77307), Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


mindat Locality ID: 247192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allan Hills A77307 Meteorite (ALHA77307), Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 76°43'"S
Longitude: 159°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -76.716666666667,159.66666666667

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 C Ca Ce Cr Fe Mg Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe Mg Ni O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CorundumDiamondFeldsparHaxoniteIronMagnetoplumbiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneRutileSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clinoenstatite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Corundum  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)Haxonite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Iron  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6094
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe3077
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diamond  (*)DiamondC0697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Haxonite  (*)Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C6026
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O19080
Iron  (*)IronFe01089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O60303
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P0374
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)0703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi0116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS01044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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