Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Pipecleaner Glacier Region, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


mindat Locality ID: 277421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pipecleaner Glacier Region, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dismal Ridge & Radian Ridge

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca F Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetNonePyroxeneTitaniteTridymiteZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Titanite  (*)
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)118828803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3118821534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1188227770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2118829617
Graphite  (*)NoneC118822812
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)211882209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O611882741
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)11882884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)118822349
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O118824899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)118825251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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