Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
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:
Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


mindat Locality ID: 47875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills)

Latitude: 69°24'40"S
Longitude: 76°9'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -69.411111111111,76.158333333333

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn Sr Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteBaryteBerylClayCorundumDiasporeDumortieriteFeldsparFillowite
GarnetKornerupineLazuliteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
SapphirineSpinelTivaniteTourmalineWagneriteWicksiteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Beryl  (*)Boralsilite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chopinite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dravite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Foitite  (*)
Grandidierite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kornerupine  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mélonjosephite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Prismatine  (*)Pseudorutile  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stornesite-(Y)  (*)Tassieite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Werdingite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)117128803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3117112353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5117111310
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18117114286
Boralsilite  (*)NoneAl16B6O30(Si2O7)21711,17154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2117165171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)117121252
Chopinite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)2117122
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1841711,1714,1715,17161008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O321711,17121797
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)11715481
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)21711,1715648
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O1811711231
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F21712,17162740
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1171175
Grandidierite  (*)NoneMgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4)41711,1713,1714,171640
Graphite  (*)NoneC117132812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O321711,171214640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O421711,1712407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O341711,1712,1713,17145433
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)231711,1713,171468
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)211716232
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O451711,1712,1714,1715,171614899
Mélonjosephite  (*)NoneCaFe2+Fe3+(PO4)2(OH)117166
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)21712,1716945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)231711,1712,171517380
Prismatine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Al,Fe)6Al4(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)2221711,171610
Pseudorutile  (*)TivaniteFe3+2Ti4+3O91171230
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS231712,1715,171639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO261711,1712,1713,1714,1715,171661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO241711,1712,1714,17155614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]21712,1715129
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)21711,17152705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO561711,1712,1713,1714,1715,17161516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O421714,17151934
Stornesite-(Y)  (*)FillowiteNa6(Ca5Na3)YMg43(PO4)3621712,17162
Tassieite  (*)WicksiteNaCa2Mg3Fe2+2Fe3+(PO4)6·2H2O117161
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F21712,171661
Werdingite  (*)NoneMg2Al14Si4B4O37117118
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)31712,1715,1716939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)21712,17135251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140759Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarcticahttps://rruff.info/R140759


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...