Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 123128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western 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.

None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur	Tridymite	Weberite

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Pyrite Pyrochlore Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur Tridymite Weberite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chloraluminite ()*	Greigite ()*	Halite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Molysite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Weberite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chloraluminite ()*	None	AlCl₃·6H₂O	3
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	62
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	56
Molysite ()*	None	FeCl₃	12
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Weberite ()*	Weberite	Na₂MgAlF₇	13

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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