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:
Pecora Escarpment, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 257989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257989.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pecora Escarpment, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
LaPaz Ice Field
Pecora Escarpment 82506 Meteorite (PCA 82506)

Latitude: 86°1'42"S
Longitude: 1°8'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -86.028333333333,1.1433333333333

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.

Apatite	Cerite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Iron	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Spinel	Tridymite

Chromite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Keilite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Perryite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Tridymite ()*	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: C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cerite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Iron None Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Spinel Tridymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1809	3902
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	1810	77
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	1808	157
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	1808,1810	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	1809	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	1809	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	1808	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	1810	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1808	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1809	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	1810	1089
Keilite ()*	Rocksalt	FeS	1	1808	6
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	1809	230
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	1808	28
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	1808	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	1810	303
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	1808,1809	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	1808,1809,1810	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	1809	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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