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:
Belgica 7904 Meteorite (B-7904), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 256105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belgica 7904 Meteorite (B-7904), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 72°34'59"S
Longitude: 31°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -72.583055555556,31.25

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	Auricupride	Cerite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Iron	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Zircon

Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Saponite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wüstite ()*	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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Auricupride Cerite Chlorite Clay Corundum Iron Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	166
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	30
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	74
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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