Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Queen Alexandra Range 94204 Meteorite (QUE 94204), Queen Alexandra Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 257789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen Alexandra Range 94204 Meteorite (QUE 94204), Queen Alexandra Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 84°'"S
Longitude: 168°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -84,168

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	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Iron	Millerite	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Spinel

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Iron ()*
Millerite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Perryite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Troilite ()*

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 Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cristobalite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Iron Millerite None Pyroxene Rocksalt
Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	94
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	157
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	58
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	25
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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