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:
Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 195108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ingrid Christensen Coast

Latitude: 69°57'19"S
Longitude: 74°19'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -69.955277777778,74.328888888889

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite
Epsomite	Feldspar	Fillowite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kornerupine	Lazulite	Marcasite	Mica	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Tivanite	Tourmaline
Wagnerite	Wicksite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn Sr Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite
Epsomite Feldspar Fillowite Garnet Gypsum Kornerupine Lazulite Marcasite Mica Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Tivanite Tourmaline
Wagnerite Wicksite Zircon Zirconolite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Beryl ()*
Boralsilite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chopinite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dravite ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Foitite ()*	Grandidierite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kornerupine ()*
Lazulite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mélonjosephite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prismatine ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stornesite-(Y) ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tassieite ()*	Thénardite ()*
Wagnerite ()*	Werdingite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1712	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1711	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	1711	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1718	3250
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	1711	4286
Boralsilite ()*	None	Al₁₆B₆O₃₀(Si₂O₇)	2	1711,1715	4
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	1718	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1718	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	1716	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	1712	1252
Chopinite ()*	None	Mg₃(PO₄)₂	1	1712	2
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	4	1711,1714,1715,1716	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	1711,1712	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	1715	481
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	1711,1715	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	1711	231
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	1718	50
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	1718	484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	1718	107
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	1712,1716	2740
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	1711	75
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	4	1711,1713,1714,1716	40
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	1713	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1718	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	1718	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	1711,1712	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	1711,1712	407
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	1718	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	1711,1712,1713,1714	5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	3	1711,1713,1714	68
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	1716	232
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	1718	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	1711,1712,1714,1715,1716	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	1718	5674
Mélonjosephite ()*	None	CaFe²⁺Fe³⁺(PO₄)₂(OH)	1	1716	6
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	1712,1716	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	1711,1712,1715	17380
Prismatine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Al,Fe)₆Al₄(Si,Al)₄(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)₂₂	2	1711,1716	10
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	1	1712	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	1712,1715,1716	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716,1717	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	1711,1712,1714,1715	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	3	1712,1715,1718	129
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	1711,1715	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	7	1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716,1717	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	1714,1715	1934
Stornesite-(Y) ()*	Fillowite	Na₆(Ca₅Na₃)YMg₄₃(PO₄)₃₆	2	1712,1716	2
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	1718	275
Tassieite ()*	Wicksite	NaCa₂Mg₃Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺(PO₄)₆·2H₂O	1	1716	1
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	1718	299
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F	2	1712,1716	61
Werdingite ()*	None	Mg₂Al₁₄Si₄B₄O₃₇	1	1711	8
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	3	1712,1715,1716	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	1712,1713,1717	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	1	1718	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R140759	Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica	https://rruff.info/R140759

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