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Locality Name:
Johnston Firth, Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


mindat Locality ID: 106009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Johnston Firth, Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 69°24'55"S
Longitude: 76°3'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -69.415277777778,76.066388888889
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 B Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Sn Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Sn Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylFillowiteKornerupineLazuliteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RutileSpinelWagneriteWicksiteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Grandidierite  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mélonjosephite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Prismatine  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Stornesite-(Y)  (*)Tassieite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Grandidierite  (*)NoneMgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4)040
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)20232
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mélonjosephite  (*)NoneCaFe2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)06
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Prismatine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Al,Fe)6Al4(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)22010
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Stornesite-(Y)  (*)FillowiteNa6(Ca5Na3)YMg43(PO4)3602
Tassieite  (*)WicksiteNaCa2Mg3Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)6·2H2O01
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F061
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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