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:
Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 155763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ezcurra Inlet

Latitude: 62°11'13"S
Longitude: 58°32'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -62.186944444444,-58.545277777778

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	Clay	Feldspar	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cowlesite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ferrosaponite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Scolecite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clay Feldspar Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	1	1928	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1928	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	1928	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	1928	84
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1928	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	1928	944
Ferrosaponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Ca_0.3(Fe²⁺,Mg,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		6
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1928	14899
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		43
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	0		405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1928	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1928	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	1928	301
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	0		390

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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