Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2448

mindat Locality ID: 195103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Khmara Bay

Latitude: 67°19'58"S
Longitude: 49°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -67.332777777778,49

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Garnet	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz
Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Wagnerite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Khmaralite ()*	Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Surinamite ()*
Wagnerite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 B Be Ca Ce F Fe K Mg O P Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Dumortierite Feldspar Garnet Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz
Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Wagnerite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2464	2448	2	1681,1683	2353
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	2485	2448	2	1682,1683	321
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2464	2448	1	1681	1008
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	2464	2448	1	1683	231
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2464	2448	1	1681	2740
Khmaralite ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₅Be₂Al₅O₃₆]	2485	2448	2	1682,1683	2
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S ()*	None	Mg₂BeAl₆O₁₂	2485	2448	2	1682,1683	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2464	2448	1	1681	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2464	2448	2	1681,1683	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2464	2448	1	1683	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2464	2448	1	1683	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2464	2448	1	1683	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2485	2448	3	1681,1682,1683	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2464	2448	1	1683	1934
Surinamite ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₃Al₃O(Si₃BeAlO₁₅)	2485	2448	3	1681,1682,1683	8
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F	2464	2448	1	1681	61
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2485	2485	1	1682	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2485	2448	2	1681,1682	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_096	2464	2448	2456±8	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			26154	Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica	[Ayatollah Island]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Be-00030	2485	2485	2485			high						Khmaralite, Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S, Surinamite	Be	10483	Pegmatite Outcrop, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica		Hokada and Harley (2004)	10.2465/jmps.99.180	JMPS99_180

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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