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Locality Name:
Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


mindat Locality ID: 233193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Yamato 000593 Martian Meteorite (Y-000593)
Yamato 691 Meteorite (Y-691)
Yamato 74013 Meteorite (Y-74013)
Yamato 74044 Meteorite (Y-74044)
Yamato 74445 Meteorite (Y-74445)
Yamato 75097 Meteorite (Y-75097)
Yamato 793274 Lunar Meteorite (Y-793274)
Yamato 81002 Meteorite (Y-81002)
Yamato 81020 Meteorite (Y-81020)
Yamato 82050 Meteorite (Y-82050)
Yamato 82103 Meteorite (Y-82103)
Yamato 82189 Meteorite (Y-82189)
Yamato 86004 Meteorite
Yamato 86028 Meteorite (Y-86028)
Yamato 86029 Meteorite (Y-86029)
Yamato 86737 Meteorite (Y-86737)
Yamato 980115 Meteorite (Y-980115)
Yamato 980134 Meteorite (Y-980134)

Latitude: 71°34'3"S
Longitude: 35°47'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -71.5675,35.793333333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BarringeriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteClayCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDjerfisheriteFeldspar
IronMagnetoplumbiteMeliliteMicaMilariteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScacchiteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteTridymiteWadsleyite

62 IMA Minerals at location:
Akimotoite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Augite  (*)Barringerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Caswellsilverite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cohenite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djerfisherite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greigite  (*)Grossite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Laihunite  (*)Lingunite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Monticellite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Niningerite  (*)
Oldhamite  (*)Osbornite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Perryite  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ringwoodite  (*)
Roedderite  (*)Schöllhornite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smythite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Wadsleyite  (*)Wassonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite  (*)CorundumMgSiO31174110
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)31738,1748,17498803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)611737966
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)21745,17461036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)411737708
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O641737,1738,1745,17462060
Barringerite  (*)Barringerite(Fe,Ni)2P1174322
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4117385516
Caswellsilverite  (*)ScacchiteNaCrS2117385
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4117423902
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe31174577
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3117451797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS117384165
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S421738,1748157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O641737,1738,1745,17464135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl21738,174860
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O641738,1745,1748,1749944
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)21737,1745371
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F21174847
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)31738,1740,17451188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O711745114
Graphite  (*)NoneC21738,17482812
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S41173862
Grossite  (*)NoneCaAl4O71174519
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O611745741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31173714640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O411746407
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O191174580
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS411738142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O321746,17475433
Iron  (*)IronFe21738,17491089
Laihunite  (*)None(Fe3+,Fe2+,   )2(SiO4)1173715
Lingunite  (*)CoronaditeNaAlSi3O8117419
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O431737,1745,174714899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)711742230
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)11746153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O117371508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21173717380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)21738,1746884
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS21738,174828
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS1173858
Osbornite  (*)RocksaltTiN1173820
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8117471512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO321745,1746495
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)321738,174825
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O621738,1745303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21174739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8117379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21174861156
Ringwoodite  (*)SpinelSiMg2O41174125
Roedderite  (*)MilariteKNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O301173830
Schöllhornite  (*)NoneNa0.3CrS2·H2O117384
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P21738,1748374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)117376417
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)1173877
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl11746444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21738,174821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O441738,1745,1746,17471934
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO221737,1749458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS51738,1742,1746,1748,17491044
Wadsleyite  (*)WadsleyiteMg2SiO41174113
Wassonite  (*)NoneTiS117381



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