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Locality Name:
Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


mindat Locality ID: 46568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Johnston Firth

Latitude: 69°24'55"S
Longitude: 76°3'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -69.415277777778,76.066111111111
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 B Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylClayDiasporeFillowiteKornerupineLazuliteMicaMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSapphirineSpinelTourmalineWagneriteWicksiteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Boralsilite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dravite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Grandidierite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mélonjosephite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prismatine  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stornesite-(Y)  (*)Tassieite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Boralsilite  (*)NoneAl16B6O30(Si2O7)04
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2117165171
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18117161008
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F117162740
Grandidierite  (*)NoneMgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4)1171640
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)211716232
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41171614899
Mélonjosephite  (*)NoneCaFe2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)117166
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)11716945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Prismatine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Al,Fe)6Al4(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)221171610
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21171639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21171661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]0129
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5117161516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Stornesite-(Y)  (*)FillowiteNa6(Ca5Na3)YMg43(PO4)36117162
Tassieite  (*)WicksiteNaCa2Mg3Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)6·2H2O117161
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F1171661
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)11716939


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