Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Prince Olav Coast (Prince Ulaf Coast), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 31175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prince Olav Coast (Prince Ulaf Coast), Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cape Omega

Latitude: 68°33'59"S
Longitude: 40°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -68.566388888889,40.983333333333

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Atacamite	Clay	Copiapite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Staurolite

Almandine ()*	Atacamite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Ferrohögbomite-2N2S ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Potassic-ferro-pargasite ()*	Quartz ()*
Staurolite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Atacamite Clay Copiapite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Staurolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	0		382
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S ()*	None	(Fe,Mg,Zn,Al)₃(Al,Ti,Fe)₈O₁₅(OH)	0		13
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		65
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		80
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Potassic-ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	1735	6
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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