Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Wilkes Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 244419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilkes Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Clark Peninsula
Queen Mary Coast

Latitude: 66°15'41"S
Longitude: 105°38'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -66.261388888889,105.63777777778

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz
Rhodonite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Baryte ()*	Cordierite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tephroite ()*

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 Ba C Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Corundum Feldspar Garnet Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz
Rhodonite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1900	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	1900,1902	2353
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	1900	11547
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	1900,1902	1008
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	1902	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1902	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1902	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	1900	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	1900,1902	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	1900	969
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	1900,1902	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1900	1214
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	1900	240

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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