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Locality Name:
Queen Alexandra Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


mindat Locality ID: 297040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen Alexandra Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Queen Alexandra Range 94201 Martian Meteorite (QUE 94201)
Queen Alexandra Range 94204 Meteorite (QUE 94204)

Latitude: 84°'"S
Longitude: 168°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -84,168
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBaddeleyiteCalciteCeriteCorundumCristobaliteDiasporeFeldsparGypsum
IronMilleriteNickelineNoneOlivinePyroxeneRocksaltRutileSpinel

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Niningerite  (*)Oldhamite  (*)Perryite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)
Pyroxferroite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Troilite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)118878803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6118862060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO211886238
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1188727770
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl11886203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4118863902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61188794
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO211887453
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S411887157
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O611887944
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)11886371
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)118877437
Graphite  (*)NoneC118872812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O118876890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O611886741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3118865433
Iron  (*)IronFe118871089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6118862228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41188614899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)711886230
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS118871066
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS1188728
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS1188758
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)31188725
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O611886303
Pyroxferroite  (*)NoneFe2+SiO31188617
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8118869056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2118865614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P11887374
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4118861934
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS118871044
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO411886120


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