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Locality Name:
Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 496

mindat Locality ID: 25813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Edward VIII Bay
Molodezhnaya Station
Mt Charles
Napier Complex
Ripon Glacier

Latitude: 67°16'17"S
Longitude: 50°49'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -67.271388888889,50.833055555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe K O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteBerylChevkiniteClayCorundumDumortieriteFeldsparGarnet
KornerupineMicaMilariteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRutile
SapphirineSpinelWagneriteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Eastonite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gedrite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Khmaralite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Osumilite  (*)Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sapphirine  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Surinamite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2464244851675,1689,1691,1692,16958803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32464244831681,1683,16912353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO524642448116871310
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1824852485116784286
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl248549611678203
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O42485244821682,1683321
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182464244881675,1678,1681,1687,1690,1691,1692,16941008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32464244821675,16911797
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O182464244821678,1683231
Eastonite  (*)MicaKAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)21167511
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O62464244841678,1690,1691,1695944
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2464244821678,16812740
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)211675178
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3116751544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O324854961167814640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4248549611678407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32464244821678,16915433
Khmaralite  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si5Be2Al5O36]2485244831678,1682,16832
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)21167568
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42464244821678,16871507
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S  (*)NoneMg2BeAl6O122485244821682,16839
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4246424481168114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2464244821681,16834924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2464244811683945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)224854961167817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)116752349
Osumilite  (*)MilariteKFe2(Al5Si10)O302485496015
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O302464244861689,1690,1691,1692,1694,169542
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)221677,169646
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2248549621675,16782273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)32464244811692341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224642448111675,1676,1678,1683,1687,1689,1690,1691,1692,1694,169561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22464244881675,1678,1683,1689,1690,1691,1692,16955614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11675598
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]2464244861675,1678,1686,1690,1691,1694129
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO524852448121675,1678,1681,1682,1683,1686,1687,1689,1691,1692,1694,16951516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42464244841675,1683,1691,16921934
Surinamite  (*)SapphirineMg3Al3O(Si3BeAlO15)2485244851678,1681,1682,1683,16878
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F2464244831678,1681,168761
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2485248521678,1682939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)24852448101676,1678,1681,1682,1689,1690,1691,1692,1694,16955251



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_096246424482456±8U/Pb zircon   Zircon  26154Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica[Ayatollah Island]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Be-00030248524852485  high    Khmaralite, Magnesiotaaffeite-6N3S, SurinamiteBe10483Pegmatite Outcrop, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica Hokada and Harley (2004)10.2465/jmps.99.180JMPS99_180 
Bradley_2012_047500496498±2Pb/Th monazite     266144Tonagh Island, Amundsen Bay, Tula Mts, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica[Tonagh Island]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-212Northern Face, Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Tula Mts, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarcticahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-212


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