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Regional Report: Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

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.

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  • 'AHF' - 43
  • Alabandite - 3
  • Albite - 17, 10
  • 'Albite-Anorthite Series' - 19, 34, 24, 49, 11, 59, 33, 28, 72, 25
  • Allanite-(La) - 44
  • Almandine - 34, 38, 11, 59, 14, 73
  • Amesite - 19
  • 'Amphibole Group' - 22
  • Andradite - 45
  • Anorthoclase - 43, 45
  • Antarcticite - 18, 71
  • 'Apatite' - 22, 17, 9, 64
  • Apatite-(CaCl) - 46
  • Apatite-(CaF) - 46, 31, 33, 10, 14
  • 'Apophyllite' - 40, 8
  • Aragonite - 69, 62
  • Atacamite - 62
  • Augite - 61
  • Babingtonite - 52
  • Barringerite - 72
  • Beryl - 38
  • Biotite - 34, 46, 31, 10
  • Boggsite - 40
  • Boralsilite - 64
  • 'Bronzite' - 19
  • Brushite - 69
  • Calcite - 7, 40, 22, 69
  • Celestine - 10
  • Chladniite - 26, 25
  • 'Chlorite Group' - 19, 7, 10
  • Chopinite - 10
  • 'Chromian Diopside' - 24
  • Chromite - 26, 24, 33, 27, 25
  • Chrysoberyl - 50, 73
  • Clinohumite - 7
  • 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup' - 22
  • Cohenite - 2
  • Cordierite - 34, 46, 47, 49, 11, 59, 14, 39
  • Corundum - 34, 49, 10
  • Cowlesite - 40
  • Cristobalite - 40
  • Dalyite - 65
  • Daubréelite - 3
  • Diamond - 24, 2
  • Diaspore - 64
  • Diopside - 3, 38
  • Dissakisite-(Ce) - 7
  • Djerfisherite - 3
  • Dolomite - 7, 22, 63
  • Donbassite - 66
  • Dravite - 64
  • Dypingite - 69
  • Enstatite - 46, 3, 59, 39
  • Epistilbite - 40
  • Epsomite - 69, 62
  • 'Erionite' - 40
  • Fayalite - 33
  • 'Ferrierite' - 40
  • Ferrimolybdite - 35
  • Ferrohögbomite-2N2S - 55
  • Fibroferrite - 69
  • Forsterite - 7
  • 'Garnet Group' - 12, 46, 49
  • Garronite - 8
  • Geikielite - 7
  • 'Glass' - 72
  • Gottardiite - 40
  • Graftonite - 26, 25
  • Grandidierite - 34
  • Graphite - 2, 25
  • Grossite - 5
  • Gypsum - 18, 40, 69, 62
  • Halite - 18, 69, 62
  • Hedenbergite - 17
  • Hematite - 34, 46, 10
  • Hercynite - 34, 46, 11, 59, 10
  • 'Heulandite' - 40, 8
  • Hexahydrite - 62
  • Hydrohalite - 18
  • Hydromagnesite - 69
  • Hydroniumjarosite - 62
  • Hypersthene - 21
  • Ilmenite - 19, 34, 7, 46, 24, 11, 59, 33, 10
  • 'K Feldspar' - 64, 47, 11, 59, 31, 10
  • 'Kamacite' - 24, 3, 25
  • Kenyaite - 43
  • Khmaralite - 50, 46, 73
  • Kornerupine - 49, 1
  • 'Kushiroite' - 5
  • Kyanite - 54
  • Laumontite - 8
  • 'Lévyne' - 40
  • 'Lodranite' - 24, 23
  • Lonsdaleite - 2
  • Magnesiohastingsite - 55
  • Magnesiotaaffeite-6N’3S - 50, 73
  • Magnesite - 69
  • Magnetite - 34, 11, 59, 10, 14
  • Marcasite - 69
  • Marićite - 27
  • Melilite - 9
  • Merrillite - 33
  • Mesolite - 8
  • Microcline - 14
  • Mirabilite - 61, 62
  • Molybdenite - 35
  • 'Monazite' - 50, 46
  • Monazite-(Ce) - 31, 10, 73
  • Monticellite - 9
  • Mordenite - 40
  • Muscovite - 38, 64, 54
  • Mutinaite - 40
  • Nepheline - 22, 17, 9
  • Niningerite - 4
  • 'Niobian Rutile' - 73
  • 'Obsidian' - 42
  • Okenite - 8
  • Oldhamite - 3
  • 'Olivine' - 40, 22, 9, 26, 24, 33
  • Opal - 40
  • Orthoclase - 22, 17
  • 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup' - 24, 47, 49, 10
  • Osumilite - 12, 60, 47
  • Perovskite - 22, 9
  • Perryite - 4
  • 'Perthite' - 46
  • 'Petrified Wood' - 30
  • 'Phillipsite' - 40
  • Phlogopite - 7, 9, 46
  • Picotite - 46
  • Pigeonite - 24
  • Prehnite - 52
  • Prismatine - 34
  • Pseudorutile - 10
  • Pyrite - 22, 64, 63, 31, 10
  • 'Pyroxene Group' - 33, 23
  • Pyrrhotite - 7
  • Quartz - 40, 46, 64, 52, 47, 11, 59, 31, 10, 73, 54
  • Ralstonite - 43
  • Rhönite - 28
  • Rosenbergite - 43
  • Rutile - 46, 64, 59, 10, 73
  • Sapphirine - 69, 12, 46, 47, 49, 10, 39
  • Schorl - 48, 64
  • Schreibersite - 24, 3, 2, 27, 25
  • Scolecite - 8
  • 'Sericite' - 10
  • Serpierite - 61
  • Siderite - 10
  • Sillimanite - 34, 50, 12, 46, 49, 11, 59, 31, 10, 14, 73
  • 'Smectite Group' - 40
  • Souzalite - 10
  • Spessartine - 48
  • Spinel - 7, 22, 9, 38
  • 'Stilbite' - 40
  • Stornesite-(Y) - 31, 10
  • Surinamite - 50, 46, 14, 73
  • Sylvite - 69, 62
  • Taenite - 24, 27
  • Tassieite - 31
  • Tephroite - 15
  • Terranovaite - 40
  • Tetrataenite - 25
  • Thenardite - 69
  • 'Titaniferous Magnetite' - 19, 9
  • Titanite - 17
  • Topaz - 38
  • 'Topazolite' - 45
  • 'Tourmaline' - 34
  • Tridymite - 33
  • Troilite - 26, 24, 3, 2, 33, 27, 25
  • Tschernichite - 40
  • Ulvöspinel - 33
  • Vesuvianite - 19
  • Wagnerite - 34, 46, 31, 10, 14
  • Xenotime-(Y) - 50, 46, 64, 31, 10
  • Zircon - 7, 50, 46, 47, 10
  • Zirconolite - 69


  • 178 minerals listed.

    Locality Key
    1Akarui Point, Lützow-Holm Bay, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    2Allan Hills (ALH) 77283 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    3Allan Hills (ALH) 84008 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    4Allan Hills (ALH) 88070 meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    5Allan Hills (ALH85085) meteorite, Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    6Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    7Balchen Mt, Sør Rondane Mts, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    8Battlements Nunatak, Mawson Glacier, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    9Beaver Lake, Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    10Brattnevet Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    11Bunger Hill, Queen Mary Coast, Wilkes Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    12Bunt Island, Amundsen Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    13Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    14Christmas point pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    15Clark Peninsula, Wilkes Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    16Coats Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    17Dismal Ridge & Radian Ridge, Pipecleaner Glacier Region, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    18Don Juan Pond, Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    19Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mts, Coats Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    20Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    21Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    22Ferrar, Pensacola Mts, Coats Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    23FRO90011 lodranite meteorite, Frontier Mountain meteorite trap, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    24Frontier Mountain meteorite trap, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    25GRA95209 Meteorite, Graves Nunataks Meteorites, Wisconsin Range, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    26Graves Nunataks Meteorites, Wisconsin Range, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    27HOW 88403 ataxite meteorite, Mount Howe, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    28Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    29Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    30Jetty Oasis, Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    31Johnston Firth, Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    32Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    33LAP 02205 lunar meteorite, LaPaz Ice Field, Pecora Escarpment, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    34Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    35Lillie Marleen Camp, Everett Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    36Lützow-Holm Bay, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    37Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    38Marmorny Nunatak, Dygalski Mts, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    39Mawson Station, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    40Mount Adamson, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    41Mount Howe, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    42Mount Phillips, Malta Plateau, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    43Mt Erebus, Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    44Mt Falconer, Lower Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    45Mt Melbourne, Transantarctic Mts, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    46Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    47Northern face, Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Tula Mts, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    48Otratnaya Nunatak, Northern Gruber Mts, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    49Oygarden Islands, Edward VIII Bay, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    50Pegmatite outcrop, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    51Pensacola Mts, Coats Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    52Prehnite Hill, Litell Rocks, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    53Prince Charles Mts, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    54Prince Olav Coast (Prince Ulaf Coast), Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    55Prince Olav Coast, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    56Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    57Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    58Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    59Rayner Complex, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    60Reference Peak, Tula Mts, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    61Ross Island, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    62Showa Station (Syowa Station), East Ongul Island, Lützow-Holm Bay, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    63Spatulate Ridge Camp, Mountaineer Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    64Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann Hills (Larseman Hills), Prydz Bay, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    65Straumsvola complex, Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    66Szabo Bluff, Scott Glacier, Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    67Transantarctic Mts, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    68Tula Mts, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    69Vestfold Hills, Ingrid Christensen Coast, Princess Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    70Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    71Wright Valley, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    72Yamato-793274 lunar meteorite, Queen Fabiola Mts (Yamato Mts), Queen Maud Land (Dronning Maud Land), Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
    73Zircon point pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

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