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:
Scott Glacier, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 281260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scott Glacier, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Szabo Bluff

Latitude: 86°30'"S
Longitude: 145°'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -86.5,-145

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.

Andalusite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 Fe H K Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chlorite Clay Corundum Dumortierite Feldspar Mica None Quartz Tourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Corundum ()*	Donbassite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1812	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	1812	1310
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	1812	1797
Donbassite ()*	Clay Chlorite	Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂·Al_2.33(OH)₆	1	1812	16
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	1812	231
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1812	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1812	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1812	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1812	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	1812	2705

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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