Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Showa Station (Syowa Station), East Ongul Island, Lützow-Holm Bay, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

mindat Locality ID: 53313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Showa Station (Syowa Station), East Ongul Island, Lützow-Holm Bay, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Granulite Outcrop

Latitude: 69°'25"S
Longitude: 39°35'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -69.006944444444,39.583611111111

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	Aragonite	Atacamite	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Hexahydrite
None	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Spinel	Talc

Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Spinel ()*
Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Atacamite Beryl Clay Corundum Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Hexahydrite
None Rocksalt Sapphirine Spinel Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	1729	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	0		544
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	1729	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	1729	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1729	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		484
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	1729	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	0		251
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		65
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	0		223
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	1729	129
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	1729	1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1729	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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