Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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:
Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 27785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Allan Hills 83010 Meteorite (ALH 83010)
Allan Hills 84001 Martian Meteorite (ALH 84001)
Allan Hills 84008 Meteorite (ALH 84008)
Allan Hills 85085 Meteorite (ALH 85085)
Allan Hills 85151 Meteorite (ALH 85151)
Allan Hills 85152 Meteorite (ALH 85152)
Allan Hills 88020 Meteorite (ALH 88020)
Allan Hills 88036 Meteorite (ALH 88036)
Allan Hills 88044 Meteorite (ALH 88044)
Allan Hills 88045 Meteorite (ALH 88045)
Allan Hills 88070 Meteorite (ALH 88070)
Allan Hills A76004 Meteorite (ALHA76004)
Allan Hills A77003 Meteorite (ALHA77003)
Allan Hills A77005 Martian Meteorite (ALHA77005)
Allan Hills A77105 Meteorite (ALHA77105)
Allan Hills A77176 Meteorite (ALHA77176)
Allan Hills A77219 Meteorite (ALHA77219)
Allan Hills A77230 Meteorite (ALHA77230)
Allan Hills A77257 Meteorite (ALHA77257)
Allan Hills A77278 Meteorite (ALHA77278)
Allan Hills A77283 Meteorite (ALHA77283)
Allan Hills A77295 Meteorite (ALHA77295)
Allan Hills A77304 Meteorite (ALHA77304)
Allan Hills A77307 Meteorite (ALHA77307)
Allan Hills A81003 Meteorite (ALHA81003)

Latitude: 76°39'4"S
Longitude: 159°0'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -76.651111111111,159.01055555556

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diamond	Djerfisherite
Feldspar	Haxonite	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Melilite	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite

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 Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Coronadite Corundum Diamond Djerfisherite
Feldspar Haxonite Iron Magnetoplumbite Melilite Milarite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Spinel Tridymite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Akaganeite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Augite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Corundum ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Esseneite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gehlenite ()*
Geikielite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossite ()*	Haxonite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hibonite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Kushiroite ()*	Lonsdaleite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Osbornite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Perryite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	1	1831	63
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2	1820,1821	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1832	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	1841	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	1841	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	1819	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	1821,1841	1036
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	1	1821	39
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	7	1819,1821,1829,1830,1831,1837,1841	2060
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	1833,1840	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	8	1818,1819,1821,1829,1830,1831,1840,1841	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	1818,1841	94
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	3	1836,1838,1841	77
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	1841	1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	2	1820,1821	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	3	1836,1838,1841	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	7	1820,1821,1829,1830,1835,1837,1841	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	1820	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1821	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	4	1820,1821,1830,1839	944
Esseneite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe³⁺AlSiO₆	1	1821	17
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	1832	371
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1	1829	84
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	10	1818,1820,1821,1829,1830,1833,1837,1839,1840,1841	1188
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	1821	114
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	1820	70
Graphite ()*	None	C	4	1836,1837,1838,1841	2812
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇	1	1821	19
Haxonite ()*	Haxonite	(Fe,Ni)₂₃C₆	1	1841	26
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	1821	205
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	3	1821,1830,1841	80
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	1836	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	1831,1840	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	9	1820,1821,1830,1835,1836,1837,1839,1840,1841	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	1831	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	1831	179
Kushiroite ()*	Pyroxene	CaAlAlSiO₆	1	1821	4
Lonsdaleite ()*	None	C	1	1838	13
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	1819	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	1819,1821,1837,1841	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	5	1819,1830,1831,1833,1840	230
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	1829	884
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	1828	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	2	1820,1839	58
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	1	1821	20
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	1821,1831,1841	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	3	1820,1821,1841	495
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	2	1828,1839	25
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	3	1821,1831,1841	303
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1819	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	1819,1821,1831,1841	9056
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	1837	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	1821,1841	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	5	1820,1821,1838,1839,1841	374
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	1833,1840	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	6	1821,1829,1830,1831,1840,1841	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	6	1821,1830,1835,1836,1840,1841	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	3	1821,1830,1841	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	14	1818,1820,1821,1824,1825,1829,1830,1833,1835,1836,1837,1838,1840,1841	1044
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	1831	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...