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:
American Highland, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 243009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "American Highland, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grove Mts

Latitude: 72°54'45"S
Longitude: 75°11'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -72.9125,75.188611111111

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.

Calcite	Cerite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Olivine
Palmierite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Wadsleyite

Akimotoite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Guyanaite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jadeite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Majorite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Ringwoodite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Troilite ()*
Tuite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wadsleyite ()*

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 Cr Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cerite Clay Corundum Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Olivine
Palmierite Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Starkeyite Wadsleyite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite ()*	Corundum	MgSiO₃	2	1661,1663	10
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	1664	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1665	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	1661,1664	3902
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	1662,1664	1188
Guyanaite ()*	None	CrO(OH)	1	1665	6
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1665	6890
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	1663	154
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1665	5591
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	2	1661,1663	24
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	2	1661,1664	230
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1665	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	1661	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	1664	303
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1663	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1665	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄	3	1661,1662,1663	25
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	1665	293
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	1665	79
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	1664	1044
Tuite ()*	Palmierite	Ca₃(PO₄)₂	1	1661	7
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	1665	652
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄	1	1662	13

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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