Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Edward VIII Bay, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 281034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Edward VIII Bay, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oygarden Islands

Latitude: 66°57'7"S
Longitude: 57°26'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -66.951944444444,57.440277777778

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Kornerupine	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel

Albite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Eastonite ()*	Gedrite ()*
Grossular ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	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: Al B Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Kornerupine Mica None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1675	8803
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	1675	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	1675	1797
Eastonite ()*	Mica	KAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1675	11
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1675	178
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1675	1544
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	1675	68
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1675	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	1675	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1675	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	1675	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1675	598
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	1675	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	1675	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	1675	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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