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Muscovite from
Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1233868
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1233868:7
GUID (UUID V4):45b14940-68fb-4a30-90fb-d3bf2c01563c
Localities for Muscovite in this Region
Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
"Christmas Point" pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Mount Pardoe pegmatite, Mount Pardoe, Amundsen Bay, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
References
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metamorphic rocks in the Field Islands area, East Antarctica LANCE P . BLACK, Bureau of Mineral Resources...area, East Antarctica, was substantially similar to that of the adjacent Archaean Napier Complex, though...the area’s proximity to the Proterozoic Rayner Complex and consequent vulnerability to tectonic process...subsequent E-W tectonic trend of the nearby Rayner Complex; (3) selective retrogression by a postD, static...deformation involved in the formation of the Rayner Complex a t about 1100 Ma. The area was subsequently subjected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rb-Sr AND Sm-Nd WHOLE-ROCK SYSTEMS IN ENDERBY LAND, ANTARCTICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF...Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd whole-rock systems in Enderby Land, Antarctica: implications for the interpretation of...occurred in Precambrian basement rocks of Enderby Land, Antarctica. Three examples are highlighted to show...post-cratonic mafic dykes are also present. The Napier Complex is exceptional not only for its antiquity,...region was eventually uplifted. Consequently the Napier Complex is also notable for its virtual absence of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geol. 1987, 5 , 1-26 The Rayner Complex of East Antarctica: complex isotopic systematics within a Proterozoic...mobile belt (locally known as the Rayner Complex) in East Antarctica. Much of the belt is the product of Mid-Proterozoic...Rayner Complex mostly represents reworked Archaean rocks from the neighbouring craton (Napier Complex). Models...rehydration of the Napier Complex are no longer required, since the Rayner Complex was its own source...The multiphase history of the Rayner Complex has resulted in complex isotopic behaviour. Three temporally
Report (chapter)
Palaeozoic metasomatism of the Archaean Napier Complex, East Antarctica CHRISTOPHER J. CARSON1,2 & JAY J. AGUE1...Palaeozoic pegmatites on Tonagh Island, Napier Complex, East Antarctica, was accompanied by the introduction...sedimentary rocks, underthrust beneath the SW Napier Complex, has been long considered a viable source for...the underthrust sedimentary rocks beneath the Napier Complex occurred, at least in part, by convergent Early...peraluminous pegmatites within the Archaean Napier Complex of East Antarctica. We examine the extent of non-volatile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the absence of potential carriers of Be, namely muscovite and primary cordierite, at high T and low-water...report from the Vijayanagaram District in the Eastern Ghats belt, India (Ramesh Kumar et al. 1995) needs...the thermal action of the South Harris Igneous Complex ca. 2.18-1.84 Ma (Cliff et al. 1983); the most...~ 8-9 kbar 3. “Christmas Point”, Casey Bay, Antarctica Meta-pegmatite Qtz, Kfs, Sil, Spr, khmaralite*...°C, P ≄ 10 kbar 4. “Zircon Point”, Casey Bay, Antarctica Meta-pegmatite Qtz, Kfs, Pl, Sil, Ky, khmaralite*
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of the Fyfe Hills‐Khmara Bay region, Enderby Land, East Antarctica a Michael Sandiford & Christopher J...of the Fyfe Hills‐Khmara Bay region, Enderby Land, East Antarctica, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences:...of the Fyfe Hills-Khmara Bay region, Enderby Land, East Antarctica Michael Sandiford and Christopher J...Bay region in Enderby Land, East Antarctica. The D1, D2 and D3 events comprise the Napier structural episode...intrusion of the Middle Proterozoic Amundsen dykes. The Napier metamorphic culmination was broadly coeval with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Annandagstoppane granite, Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica J.M. Barton, Jr*' **, R. Klemd*, H.L. Allsopp**...at three nunataks in Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. It comprises medium- to coarse-grained granite...Annandagstoppane Granite may form part of a basement complex to the Proterozoic sedimentary, volcanic and mafic...and geologic history appears to be unique in Antarctica and in the Kaapvaal Craton of Southern Africa...Granite is part of a crustal fragment that joined Antarctica relatively late in the history of that continent
Report (chapter)
rocks of the Liitzow -- Holm Bay region, East Antarctica Yoichi Motoyoshi, Satoshi Matsubara & Hiroharu...Rayner Complex, which has been interpreted to be a reworked portion of the Archaean Napier Complex. The...The LHB region, East Antarctica, is a granulite-facies terrane metamorphosed probably during the late Proterozoic...1985), an event extensively reported over East Antarctica (Grew 1982). The LHB region is underlain by pelitic...ratios (0.71-0.74) from the neighbouring Rayner Complex (Grew 1978, Black et al. 1987). In the LHB region
Report (chapter)
on March 6, 2015 Geosciences research in East Antarctica (088E – 6088E): present status and future perspectives...palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical studies, Antarctica plays a unique role in our understanding of the...of East Antarctica, especially in the Dronning Maud Land and Enderby Land regions. Enderby Land preserves...Mesoproterozoic to Palaeozoic history of Dronning Maud Land is extremely important in understanding the formation...Present understanding of the evolution of East Antarctica in terms of global tectonics allows us to visualize
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(SE India), and implications for SE India–East Antarctica correlation H. Hrushikesh, N. Prabhakar, A. Bhattacharya...(SE India), and implications for SE India–East Antarctica correlation, Precambrian Research (2019), doi:...2 India), and implications for SE India–East Antarctica correlation Hrushikesh H1, Prabhakar N1*, Bhattacharya...Syn-D3S garnet + 32 staurolite + kyanite + muscovite + biotite + quartz + ilmenite ± plagioclase and...garnet (late- 33 D2N to early-D3N) + kyanite + muscovite + biotite + quartz + ilmenite + plagioclase ±
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sapphirine + quartz and other rocks from Enderby Land, Antarctica, are reproducible with calculated pseudosections...K-feldspar; ky, kyanite; liq, silicate melt; mu, muscovite; opx, orthopyroxene; osm, osumilite; q, quartz;...assemblages in KFMASH, citing rocks from Enderby Land, Antarctica, as an example. KFMASH is the smallest...Osumilite, osm Cordierite, cd Liquid, liq Muscovite, mu K-feldspar Sillimanite Kyanite Quartz Free...low-Fe2O3 occurrences, such as the Napier Complex in Enderby Land, Antarctica. A more rigorous appraisal of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
spinel-bearing quartzite from the Archaean Napier Complex, Antarctica Y. MOTOYOSHI' and B . J . HENSEN Department...corundum quartz; metastable equilibrium; Napier Complex, Antarctica; overstepping reactions. INTRODUCTION...corundum + quartz from Mt Riiser-Lamn, Napier Complex, Antarctica. described here is of special interest...AM-Y48) collected from Mt Riiser-Larsen in Enderby Land, Antarctica (66"47'S, M"42'E). The mineralogy of this...05). other high-grade assemblages from the Napier Complex (9-13 wt %) and in retrograde symplectites
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
LATE ARCHAEAN GRANITES OF THE NAPIER COMPLEX, ENDERBY LAND, ANTARCTICA: A COMPARISON OF Rb--Sr, Sm--Nd...Sm--Nd and U--Pb ISOTOPIC SYSTEMATICS IN A COMPLEX TERRAIN L.P. BLACK and J.W. SHERATON Division of Petrology...Late Archaean granites of the Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Antarctica: a comparison of Rb--Sr, Sm--Nd...Sm--Nd and U--Pb isotopic systematics in a complex terrain. Precambrian Res., 32: 343--368. Late Archaean...within the northern part of the Napier Complex of Enderby Land, Antarctica, although intrusives of this
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02139, USA ' Allen & Unwin (Australia) Ltd, 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Allen...Archaean and Proterozoic high-grade terranes of East Antarctica (40-80°£): a case study of diversity in granulite...considerations 12.2 The Napier Complex 12.3 The Vestfold Hills Block 12.4 The Liltzow - Holm Bay Complex 12.5 Proterozoic...overprinting in the Napier Complex and Napier relics within the Rayner Complex, Enderby Land 12.6 The Rayner...Rayner Complex in Enderby Land 12. 7 The Rayner Complex: Kemp Land and MacRobertson Land 12.8 The south-east
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatitesin granulite-faciesrocks of caJey Bay,Enderby Land, fntarctica Eowano S. Gnew Department of Earth...Mclntyre llaia-1erzz,s,4go05,E) in casey Bay, Antarctica. Antarctic surinamite contains 30.9-32.1wt.za...not been reand in eastern Siberia, in nica-fluorite metasomatite ported from Antarctica (Grew, 1980a).I...SAPPHIRINE The granutite-faciesrocks of the Napier complex are cut by two generations of pegmalilss. An...pegmatites are found at many exposuresin the Napier complex, but are nowhere abundant (see also Sheratonet
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granulites from Northwestern Canada and Enderby Land, Antarctica: implications for high-temperature isotopic...of Northwestern Canada and the Napier Complex of Enderby Land, Antarctica. The isotopic compositions of...deformation. Quartz-magnetite temperatures from the Napier complex are similar to those inferred for a late (D3)...techniques to rocks of the Laramie Anorthosite Complex, an unmetamorphosed, shallow-level intrusive, indicates...of Northwestern Canada and the Napier Complex of Enderby Land, Antarctica, were chosen for this study.
Report (chapter)
(<530 Ma) thermal history of Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica, based on Rb– Sr and Sm –Nd mineral chronology...southwestern part of the Lützow-Holm Complex, Dronning Maud Land, assists in constructing a thermal history...ages from various localities in the Lützow-Holm Complex. A Sm– Nd age of 524 Ma is indistinguishable from...activity reported from localities throughout East Antarctica. This intracontinental, post-orogenic igneous...Hokada & Motoyoshi 2006, for the Lützow-Holm Complex). Precise ages obtained from zircon, monazite and
Report (chapter)
Cambrian crustal evolution of eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: a synthesis of SHRIMP U-Pb age...Cambrian crustal evolution of eastern Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: a synthesis of SHRIMP U – Pb...456-0002, Japan Abstract: In eastern Dronning Maud Land (DML), East Antarctica, there are several discrete...Yamato– Belgica Complex (YBC), LützowHolm Complex (LHC), Rayner Complex (RC) and Napier Complex (NC). To understand...published data suggests that the main part of eastern Dronning Maud Land, including the SRM, represents juvenile
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granulite4acies ~rlhogncis~:s of the Napier Complex in Enderby Land, metamorphosed 3070 Ma ago, comprise...thc~: of Enderby Land. Late l~otero~>i¹ (-- 1000 Ma) granulite4acies gneiss~,sof Enderby Land (gayner...(gayner Complex) are to a !arge extent rem©taraorphose~ Nepier Complex rocl~ of igneous derivation; in conUast...conUast, gneisses of similar age in M,~eRobertson Land include a much higher proportion derived, either directly...Australian and Charles Mountains and MacRoi~ertson Land Sosie.t geologists during the past 15 years or so
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Palaeoproterozoic Rayner Belt Prydz Belt East Antarctica Zircon dating a b s t r a c t The North Mawson...Mountains, forms part of a Palaeoproterozoic crustal complex which separates Archaean cratonic material to the...onto Palaeoproterozoic lithosphere of the Lambert Complex. Transposition and peak metamorphism preceded the...CN—Central nunataks, FC—Fisher Complex, GM—Grove Mountains, LC—Lambert Complex, LH—Larsemann Hills, MC—Mawson...MC—Mawson Coast, NC—Napier Complex, NPCM—Northern Prince Charles Mountains, OyS—Oygarden Group and Stillwell
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
orthoamphibolebearing gneisses from Enderby Land, east Antarctica: a record of Proterozoic uplift S I...vicinity of shear zones in Casey Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica, record both the overprinting of Archaean...correlated with the general effects of Rayner Complex metamorphism and deformation which occurred after...orogenic belt south of Casey Bay. Key-words: Antarctica; metamorphism; orthoamphibole; pressure-temperature...Proterozoic; uplift INTRODUCTION The Napier Complex of Enderby Land, Antarctica, is an Archaean granulite facies
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Sandiford et al., 1987), the Namaqualand Metamorphic Complex, South Africa (Nowicki et al., 1995; 505 506... southern Madagascar (J€ ons & Schenk, 2011), Eastern Ghats, India (Bhattacharya & Kar, 2002; Kar & Bhattacharya...Lanka (Sajeev & Osanai, 2004) and Enderby Land, Antarctica (Napier Complex: Ellis, 1980; Ellis et al., 1980;...Hensen, 2001; Osanai et al., 2001; L€ utzow-Holm Complex: Kawasaki et al., 2011), together with the UHT...particular feature has also been reported in the Napier Complex (Motoyoshi & Hensen, 2001). The other samples
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Osumilite-Sapphirine-Quartz Granulites From Enderby Land Antarctica Mineral Assemblages and Reactions* D.J...Abstract. The pre-Cambrian granulites of Enderby Land Antarctica, contain coexisting spinel-quartz, sapphirine-quartz...: Osumilite-Sapphirine-Quartz Granulites From Antarctica are rare in nature, and are restricted to isolated...% A1203 and 6.29 wt.% Fe203. In contrast the Enderby Land hypersthenes described here (MgTo- 78) contain...945,a nunatak in Enderby Land, Antarctica (Dallwitz 1968). Further work in Enderby Land by the Australian
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Granulite-Facies Metamorphism at Molodezhnaya Station, East Antarctica by EDWARD S. GREW Department of Earth and Space...Molodezhnaya Station (670401S, 46OE) in East Antarctica b addition to quartz, K-feldspar, and plagioclase...shield of East Antarctica between 40° and 50°E, the 2500 million year (m.y.) old Napier complex (Fig. 1) is...Grew, 1980~).The Napier complex is bounded on the southwest by the 1000 m.y. Rayner complex, which is largely...MOLODEZHNAYA AREA 299 aluminous rocks of the Rayner complex in the Molodezhnaya Station area (Fig. I). The
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uplift of an oblique lower crustal section, East Antarctica G . T. N I C H O L S * California Institute of...and east Lambert Glacier Region (eLGR), East Antarctica. These P-T data are integrated with the structural...Understanding Proterozoic crustal processes in East Antarctica is critical to the eventual development of tectonic...70-72"s and 64-73"E, in a glaciated terrane of East Antarctica, some 300km south of the coastal base Mawson...(eLGR). Right-hand inset locates the region in Antarctica. Left-hand inset shows the location of the main
 
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