Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Grove Mountain 020090 Meteorite (GRV 020090), Grove Mts, American Highland, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 240414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grove Mountain 020090 Meteorite (GRV 020090), Grove Mts, American Highland, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Cerite	Corundum	Garnet	None	Palmierite	Perovskite	Spinel

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: Ca Cr Fe Mg Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cr Fe Mg Na O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Corundum Garnet None Palmierite Perovskite Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Akimotoite ()*	Chromite ()*	Majorite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Ringwoodite ()*	Tuite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite ()*	Corundum	MgSiO₃	10
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	24
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄	25
Tuite ()*	Palmierite	Ca₃(PO₄)₂	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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