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:
Dismal Ridge & Radian Ridge, Pipecleaner Glacier Region, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 25765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dismal Ridge & Radian Ridge, Pipecleaner Glacier Region, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Pyroxene	Titanite	Tridymite	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 F Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None Pyroxene Titanite Tridymite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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