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:
Byrd Glacier, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 282974
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282974.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mt Madison

Latitude: 80°27'"S
Longitude: 160°1'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -80.45,160.03305555556

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	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Humite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Feldspar Humite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Spinel Stibnite Titanite Tourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1844	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1844	8803
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	1844	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1844	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	1844	285
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	1844	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	1844	520
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	1844	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1844	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	1844	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1844	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1844	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	1844	688
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	1844	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1844	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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