Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mount Adamson, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 17831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Adamson, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 73°33'"S
Longitude: 163°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -73.55,163

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Cristobalite	Erionite	Gypsum	Mordenite	None	Quartz

Boggsite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Epistilbite ()*
Erionite-Na ()*	Gottardiite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Mordenite ()*	Mutinaite ()*
Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Terranovaite ()*	Tschernichite ()*

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 H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Cristobalite Erionite Gypsum Mordenite None Quartz

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Boggsite ()*	None	Na₃Ca₈(Si₇₇Al₁₉)O₁₉₂·70H₂O	2
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	138
Erionite-Na ()*	Erionite	Na₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	13
Gottardiite ()*	None	Na₃Mg₃Ca₅Al₁₉Si₁₁₇O₂₇₂·93H₂O	1
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	405
Mutinaite ()*	None	Na₃Ca₄Al₁₁Si₈₅O₁₉₂·60H₂O	1
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Terranovaite ()*	None	NaCaAl₃Si₁₇O₄₀·~8H₂O	1
Tschernichite ()*	None	CaAl₂Si₆O₁₆·8H₂O	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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