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:
Dygalski Mts, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 277623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dygalski Mts, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Marmorny Nunatak

Latitude: 71°21'11"S
Longitude: 7°38'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -71.353055555556,7.6472222222222

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.

Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Spinel
Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None Pyroxene Spinel
Titanite Topaz Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Beryl ()*	Diopside ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1724	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	1724	1036
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	1724	4286
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	1724	4135
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1724	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1724	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	1724	2273
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	1724	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	1724	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	1724	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	1724	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1724	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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