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Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

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The eastern half of Antarctica from the Transantarctic Mtns and including Victoria Land, Wilkes Land, Princess Elizabeth Land, Mac Robertson Land, Enderby Land, Queen Maud Land, and Coats Land.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Actinolite
'AHF'
Akimotoite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Allanite-(La)
Almandine
Amesite
Amphibole Supergroup
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Topazolite
Anorthite
Anorthoclase
Antarcticite (TL)
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Atacamite
Augite
var: Fassaite
Babingtonite
Baddeleyite
Barringerite
Baryte
Beryl
'Biotite'
Bismuthinite
Boggsite
Boralsilite (TL)
Brushite
Calcite
Celestine
Chalcopyrite
Chladniite
Chlorapatite
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
Chopinite (TL)
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Clinochlore
Clinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Cohenite
Copiapite
Cordierite
Corundum
Cowlesite
Cristobalite
Dalyite
Daubréelite
Diamond
Diaspore
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside

Dissakisite-(Ce) (TL)
Djerfisherite
Dolomite
Donbassite
Dravite
Dumortierite
Dypingite
Elbaite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epistilbite
Epsomite
'Erionite'
Erionite-Na
Ernstburkeite (TL)
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
'Ferrierite'
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S
'Ferropseudobrookite'
Fibroferrite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Foitite
Forsterite
'Garnet'
Garronite
Geikielite
'Glass'
Gottardiite (TL)
Graftonite
Grandidierite
Graphite
Grossite
Gypsum
Halite
Hastingsite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
'Heulandite'
Hexahydrite
'Hornblende'
Hydrohalite
Hydromagnesite
Hydroniumjarosite
'Hypersthene'
Ikaite
Ilmenite
Iron
var: Kamacite
Jadeite
Kaersutite
Kenyaite
'K Feldspar'
Khmaralite (TL)

Kornerupine
Kushiroite (TL)
Kyanite
Laumontite
Lepidolite
'Lévyne'
'Lodranite'
Lonsdaleite
Magnesio-hastingsite
Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S (TL)
Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Majorite
Malachite
Marcasite
Marićite
'Maskelynite'
'Melilite'
'Melilite Group'
Meridianiite
Merrillite
Mesolite
Microcline
Mirabilite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monticellite
Mordenite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Mutinaite (TL)
Nepheline
Niningerite
'Obsidian'
Okenite
Oldhamite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Osumilite
'Osumilite Group'
Osumilite-(Mg)
Pentlandite
Perovskite
Perrierite-(Ce)
Perryite
'Perthite'
'Petrified Wood'
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Pigeonite
Prehnite
Prismatine
Pseudorutile

Pyrite
Pyrope
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Ralstonite
Rhodonite
Rhönite
Ringwoodite
Rosenbergite
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
Sapphirine
Sarcopside
'Scapolite'
Schorl
Schreibersite
Scolecite
'Serpentine Group'
Sillimanite
Sinoite
'Smectite Group'
Spessartine
Spinel
Spodumene
Staurolite
'Stilbite'
Stornesite-(Y) (TL)
Surinamite
Sylvite
Taenite
Talc
Tassieite (TL)
Tephroite
Terranovaite (TL)
Tetrataenite
Thenardite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tridymite
Troilite
Tschernichite
Tuite
Ulvöspinel
Vesuvianite
'Wad'
Wagnerite
'Wagnerite-Ma5bc'
Wassonite (TL)
Werdingite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon
Zirconolite
Zoisite

236 entries listed. 182 valid minerals. 14 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Antarctica

Eastern Antarctica

Antarctica

Eastern Antarctica
- Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land)
- Terra Nova Bay
  - Campbell Glacier
- Transantarctic Mts
  - Pecora Escarpment
    - LaPaz Ice Field
      - LAP 02205 Lunar meteorite
  - Scott Glacier
    - Szabo Bluff
  - Wisconsin Range
    - Graves Nunataks Meteorites
      - GRA95209 Meteorite
- Victoria Land
  - Allan Hills
  - Byrd glacier
    - Mt Madison
  - Elephant Morraine
    - EET90102 meteorite
  - Everett Range
    - Lillie Marleen Camp
  - Frontier Mountain meteorite trap
    - FRO90011 lodranite meteorite
  - Litell Rocks
    - Prehnite Hill
  - Lower Taylor Valley
    - Mt Falconer
  - Malta Plateau
    - Mount Phillips
  - Mawson Glacier
    - Battlements Nunatak
  - Mount Adamson
  - Mountaineer Range
    - Spatulate Ridge Camp
  - Pipecleaner Glacier Region
    - Dismal Ridge & Radian Ridge
  - Prince Albert Range
    - Brimstone Peak
  - Prince Olav Coast
  - Ross Island
    - Hut Point Peninsula
    - Mt Erebus
  - Transantarctic Mts
    - Mt Melbourne
  - Wright Valley
    - Don Juan Pond
- Wilkes Land
  - Clark Peninsula
    - Wilkes Station
  - Queen Mary Coast
    - Bunger Hill

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