Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Lützow-Holm Bay, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 191511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lützow-Holm Bay, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Akarui Point
East Ongul Island

Latitude: 68°30'"S
Longitude: 41°23'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -68.5,41.399722222222

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epsomite
Feldspar	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kornerupine	Mica	None	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Spinel	Talc

Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Kornerupine ()*
Magnesite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Spinel ()*
Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Atacamite Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Epsomite
Feldspar Gypsum Hexahydrite Kornerupine Mica None Rocksalt Sapphirine Spinel Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	1726	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	1729	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1728	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	1728	544
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	1729	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	1726,1729	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1729	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	1728	484
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1726	178
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	1729	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1728	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	1728	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	1728	251
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	1728	65
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	1726	68
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	1726	1487
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	1728	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1726	17380
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2	1726,1729	129
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	1726,1729	1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	1728	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1729	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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