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:
Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 25979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Zirconolite

Aragonite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fibroferrite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sylvite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Epsomite Gypsum Marcasite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Sapphirine Zirconolite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	50
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	107
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	129
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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