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:
Yamato 691 Meteorite (Y-691), Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 228143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yamato 691 Meteorite (Y-691), Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 71°50'54"S
Longitude: 36°31'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -71.848333333333,36.519166666667

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.

Covellite	Djerfisherite	Feldspar	Iron	Milarite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Scacchite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Caswellsilverite ()*	Covellite ()*
Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Graphite ()*	Greigite ()*	Idaite ()*	Iron ()*	Nepheline ()*
Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Osbornite ()*	Perryite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Roedderite ()*	Schöllhornite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Troilite ()*	Wassonite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Covellite Djerfisherite Feldspar Iron Milarite None Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Scacchite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tridymite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Caswellsilverite ()*	Scacchite	NaCrS₂	5
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	62
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	142
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	58
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	20
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	30
Schöllhornite ()*	None	Na_0.3CrS₂·H₂O	4
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Wassonite ()*	None	TiS	1

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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