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:
Graves Nunataks Meteorites, Wisconsin Range, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 27656
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27656.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Graves Nunataks Meteorites, Wisconsin Range, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Graves Nunataks 95209 Meteorite (GRA 95209)

Latitude: 86°43'"S
Longitude: 141°30'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -86.716666666667,-141.5

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.

Fillowite	Graftonite	Iron	None	Spinel

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 Fe Mg Na Ni O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Fillowite Graftonite Iron None Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chladniite ()*	Chopinite ()*	Chromite ()*	Graftonite ()*	Graphite ()*
Iron ()*	Sarcopside ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chladniite ()*	Fillowite	Na₃CaMg₁₁(PO₄)₉	1	1815	4
Chopinite ()*	None	Mg₃(PO₄)₂	1	1815	2
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	1815	3902
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂	1	1815	107
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	1815	2812
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	1815	1089
Sarcopside ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂	1	1815	58
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	1815	374
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	1815	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	1815	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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