Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coats Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 133161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coats Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pensacola Mts

Latitude: 83°33'28"S
Longitude: 57°18'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -83.557777777778,-57.306666666667

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.

Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Iron	None	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Akaganeite ()*	Amesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	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 Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Iron None Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel Tridymite Vesuvianite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	1	1671	63
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1	1668	74
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	1669	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	1669	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1669	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1669	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1669	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	1668	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	1671	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1668	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	1671	1089
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1671	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	1668,1669	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	1669	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1669	2349
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	1669	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1669	39462
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	1671	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	1669	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	1671	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	1671	1044
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	1668	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	1668	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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