Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Elephant Moraine, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 243964
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243964.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elephant Moraine, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Elephant Moraine 83213 Meteorite (EET 83213)
Elephant Moraine 83309 Meteorite (EET 83309)
Elephant Moraine 87507 Meteorite (EET 87507)
Elephant Moraine 90102 Meteorite (EET 90102)
Elephant Moraine 92006 Meteorite (EET 92006)
Elephant Moraine A79001 Martian Meteorite (EETA79001)

Latitude: 76°14'36"S
Longitude: 156°51'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -76.243333333333,156.85027777778

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Cerite	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Oldhamite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyroxferroite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ringwoodite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sinoite ()*	Spinel ()*	Suessite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

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 Fe H Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Calcite Cerite Corundum Feldspar Gypsum Iron Nickeline
None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	1850	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	1848,1850	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	1848	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	1848,1852	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	1851,1852	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	1852	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	1847,1848,1852	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	1847	94
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	1850	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1850	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1851	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	1848,1850	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	1848	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	1848,1850	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1852	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1852	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	1847,1848,1850	1089
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	1852	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	1849,1852	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	1852	230
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	1850	58
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	1848	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	1848,1849,1852	1512
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	2	1848,1852	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1849	39462
Pyroxferroite ()*	None	Fe²⁺SiO₃	1	1852	17
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	1848,1852	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1848	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄	1	1852	25
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	1848	374
Sinoite ()*	None	Si₂N₂O	1	1850	9
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	1847,1852	1934
Suessite ()*	None	Fe₃Si	1	1848	6
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	1847	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	1847	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	1847,1848,1850	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	1852	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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