Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 48630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Belgica 7904 Meteorite (B-7904)
Cape Hinode
Daruma Rock
Dygalski Mts
Lützow-Holm Bay
Mühlig-Hofmann Mtns
Northern Gruber Mts
Prince Olav Coast (Prince Ulaf Coast)
Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts)
Roberts Massif
Sør Rondane Mts
Steingarden
Straumsvola Complex
Tvora Complex

Latitude: 70°51'51"S
Longitude: 23°6'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -70.864166666667,23.1025

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Auricupride	Baddeleyite
Barringerite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Djerfisherite	Epidote	Epsomite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Humite	Iron	Kornerupine	Magnetoplumbite	Melilite	Mica	Milarite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sapphirine	Scacchite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Staurolite
Talc	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Wadsleyite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Auricupride Baddeleyite
Barringerite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Djerfisherite Epidote Epsomite Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Hexahydrite Humite Iron Kornerupine Magnetoplumbite Melilite Mica Milarite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sapphirine Scacchite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Staurolite
Talc Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Tridymite Wadsleyite Wollastonite Zircon

138 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Akimotoite ()*
Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caswellsilverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Coesite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dalyite ()*
Darapskite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dissakisite-(Ce) ()*	Djerfisherite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Eskolaite ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrohögbomite-2N2S ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gehlenite ()*
Geikielite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greigite ()*	Grossite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Idaite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Kornerupine ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laihunite ()*	Lingunite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Monticellite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Osbornite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Perryite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Potassic-ferro-pargasite ()*
Potassic-magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ringwoodite ()*
Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Schöllhornite ()*	Schorl ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Smythite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Staurolite ()*	Stishovite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrataenite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*
Tsangpoite ()*	Vlasovite ()*	Wadsleyite ()*	Wassonite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wüstite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	1763	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	1764,1765	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	1764	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	1764	133
Akimotoite ()*	Corundum	MgSiO₃	1	1741	10
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	1738,1748,1749,1764	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	1724,1734,1763	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	1737	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	1764	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	1726,1763	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	1720	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	6	1724,1729,1733,1745,1746,1758	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	1720,1737	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	1720,1728	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	1728,1734	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	8	1737,1738,1745,1746,1756,1758,1764,1765	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	1720	166
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	1756	238
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	1	1743	22
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	1724	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	1738	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	1733,1762,1763,1764	27770
Caswellsilverite ()*	Scacchite	NaCrS₂	1	1738	5
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	1762,1763	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	1720,1742,1756	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	1720,1757	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	1762	236
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	1760	77
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	1745	77
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	1734	382
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	1729,1763	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	5	1721,1726,1729,1745,1757	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	1738	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1763	327
Dalyite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅	1	1764	15
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	1	1755	31
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	2	1738,1748	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	6	1720,1724,1737,1738,1745,1746	4135
Dissakisite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Mg)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1762	11
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	2	1738,1748	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	1729,1762	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	5	1720,1738,1745,1748,1749	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1721	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	1728	484
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	1	1720	30
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	1764	182
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	5	1731,1737,1745,1758,1760	371
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S ()*	None	(Fe,Mg,Zn,Al)₃(Al,Ti,Fe)₈O₁₅(OH)	1	1734	13
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	1731	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	1731,1764	9617
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1	1748	47
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	5	1720,1738,1740,1745,1762	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	1763	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1726	178
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	1745	114
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	1762	70
Graphite ()*	None	C	4	1729,1738,1748,1763	2812
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	1738	62
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇	1	1745	19
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	1733,1757	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	1728,1763	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	1728	1398
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	1764	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	1745,1760	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	1731,1737	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	1746,1758	407
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	1728	251
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	1745	80
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	1728,1734	65
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	1738	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	11	1720,1724,1731,1746,1747,1756,1758,1760,1762,1764,1765	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	1720,1738,1749	1089
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	2	1764,1765	49
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	1758	33
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	1726	68
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	1721,1734,1763	1507
Laihunite ()*	None	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺, )₂(SiO₄)	1	1737	15
Lingunite ()*	Coronadite	NaAlSi₃O₈	1	1741	9
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1734	80
Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S ()*	None	[(Mg_8.43Fe²⁺_1.57)_Σ=10Al₂₂Ti⁴⁺₂O₄₆(OH)₂]	1	1757	1
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	1726	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	1720,1731,1737,1745,1747,1758,1763,1764,1765	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	4	1720,1742,1756,1758	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	1764	4924
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	1728	223
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	1746	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	1737	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	1724,1726,1734,1737,1763	17380
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	1	1764	34
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	1764	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	4	1738,1746,1764,1765	884
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	2	1738,1748	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	1738	58
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	1	1738	20
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	1720,1747,1762	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	1745,1746	495
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	2	1738,1748	25
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	1724,1757,1762	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	3	1738,1745,1756	303
Potassic-ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1735	6
Potassic-magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1722	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	1747,1763,1764	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	1720,1737,1762,1763	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	1721,1731,1733,1734,1748,1760,1763,1764,1765	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄	1	1741	25
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	1738	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	1763	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	1764,1765	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	1720	301
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2	1726,1729	129
Schöllhornite ()*	None	Na_0.3CrS₂·H₂O	1	1738	4
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	1733	2705
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	3	1720,1738,1748	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	1737	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	1763	1516
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	1738	77
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	1746,1764	444
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	1733	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	1738,1748,1763	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	13	1720,1721,1724,1726,1729,1738,1745,1746,1747,1756,1757,1758,1762	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	1734,1763	978
Stishovite ()*	Rutile	SiO₂	1	1760	26
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	1728	275
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	1720	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	1720,1729	3337
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	1720	116
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	1724,1733,1763,1764	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	1724	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	1737,1749	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	7	1720,1738,1742,1746,1748,1749,1758	1044
Tsangpoite ()*	None	Ca₅(PO₄)₂(SiO₄)	1	1758	5
Vlasovite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₄O₁₁	1	1764	9
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄	1	1741	13
Wassonite ()*	None	TiS	1	1738	1
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	1733	1247
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	1720	74
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	1720,1724,1762,1763,1764	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	1724,1763	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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