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


mindat Locality ID: 109183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brattnevet 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°24'25"S
Longitude: 76°15'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -69.406944444444,76.250833333333

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 Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaryteClayCorundumFeldsparFillowiteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRutileSapphirineSpinelTivaniteWagneriteZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chopinite  (*)Corundum  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pseudorutile  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sapphirine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Stornesite-(Y)  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chopinite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)202
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pseudorutile  (*)TivaniteFe3+2Ti4+3O9030
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]0129
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Stornesite-(Y)  (*)FillowiteNa6(Ca5Na3)YMg43(PO4)3602
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F061
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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