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:
Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 27918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 77°31'47"S
Longitude: 167°10'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -77.529722222222,167.17

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore	Rosenbergite	Spinel	Tridymite

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Corundum None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore Rosenbergite Spinel Tridymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Antarcticite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Rosenbergite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antarcticite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaCl₂·6H₂O	11
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	47
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	56
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Rosenbergite ()*	Rosenbergite	AlF[F_0.5(H₂O)_0.5]₄·H₂O	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060054	Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica	https://rruff.info/R060054

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