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Muscovite from
Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Muscovite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Muscovite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1308318
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1308318:2
GUID (UUID V4):d6d5b6c8-15ab-4eb4-9de4-f48038ddd722
Nearest other occurrences of Muscovite
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘHut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(4),2r 123-135 (1896)' ON THE MINERALOGY OF ANTARCTICA DuNc.qN SrnwAnt, Jr.., Corleton College,Northf'eld...basalt of Mount Christen Christensen(Christensen-Vulkan)of Robert' son Island, West Antarctica. The following...questionable occurrence, that have been reported from Antarctica. A number of these have been determined only...Microperthite Mirabilite MizzoniLe Molybdenite Muscovite Natrolite Nephelite Newberyite? Nosean Oligoclase...igneous and palingenic rocks from the Antarctic Archipelago, A contribution to the petrology of circum-Pacific
Book (volume)
GEOLOGY Vol. I. and Tectonic Geology of South Victoria Land. E. DAVID, C.M.G., F.R.S., M.A., Hon. D.Sc.... Internal. Geol. Congress, Stockholm, 1910. Antarctica and Some of its Problems. By Professor T. W....TO THE PALEONTOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND BY W. N. BENSON, B.Sc. ; F. CHAPMAN, ...Tongue. : DRYGALSKI THE BARRIER ICE TONGUE. ROSS ' 9 ' / ft c i e r SEA ice. This interpretation...reproduced, including the telephoto view of Mount Erebus. We are particularly indebted to the authors
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consistent scenario. The evolution of the Australia–Antarctica–West Pacific plate system is dependent on the...Alpine Fault in New Zealand. Keywords: Australia; Antarctica; Tasmania; New Zealand; Lord Howe Rise; Tasman...the “Australian” tectonic pattern extend into Antarctica? In this paper, we develop solutions to these...reconstruction model centred in the Australia–Antarctica–West Pacific (AUS–ANT–W.PAC) area, reconstructing... Geosciences 2013, 3 333 (2) Australia and Antarctica are fitted geometrically, being careful to fit
Book
1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these paintings...illustration: A tent camp in the Mesa Range of northern Victoria Land at the foot of Mt. Masley. Printed on acid-free...during the 1969/1970 field season. Prolog Antarctica! The very word brings to mind images of fierce...winds, bone-chilling cold, and utter desolation. Antarctica has the reputation of being a hostile place unfit...worked there have a very different impression of Antarctica. To us it is a place of unsurpassed beauty where
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MORB-type lavas from the Lamont seamount chain. eastern Pacifi.c, 74I Al1en, F.M., P.R. Buseck: XRD, FTIR...D.R., see Edgar, A.D., 524 Bernstein, L.R., see Ross, C.R,, ff, 657 766 Bethke, C.M., see Altaner, S...superstructure lian sapphirine from Casey Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica, 1134 383 Chu, H., see Shen, P., Experimental...Carboniferous metamorphism in west-central Maine: The muscovite-afunandine geobarometer and the staurolite problem...granulites, 692 Kakanuru area, Eastern Ghats, India, Kampf, A.R., C.R. Ross II: End-member vi11yae1lenite
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earth scientists in the scientific exploration of Antarctica can best be judged from the fact that 7 years...Cape Town, Antarctic earth scientists were able to mount a larger but similarly effective symposium at Oslo...geology and solid earth geophysical literature of Antarctica. It is worth noting that two important differences...where earth scientists have but a fragment of Antarctica exposed to study and at times make, in some cases...parts of Antarctica, and the infuence of new plate tecÂŹ tonic thinking not only in Antarctica but in its
Report (issue)
CIRCULAR 909 Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Antarctica Work done in cooperation with the National Science...Foundation Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Antarctica By John C. Behrendt, Editor GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...resources in Antarctica?, by John C. Behrendt . . . . . . Mineral occurrences of Antarctica, by Peter D...· · · · · · · · · · · The Dufek Intrusion of Antarctica and a survey of its minor metals and possible...FIGURE 1. 2. 3-9. 10. 11-18. 19. Index map of Antarctica Cartoon of "ring of oil" Maps showing: 3. Worldwide
Journal (issue)
Antarctic Continent is isolated from other great land masses of the earth, and is practically encompassed...sighted the first land ever seen within the Antarctic Circle-Peter I Island. Antarctica was discovered by...of longitude, 100°-160° E., since known as Wilkes Land. The importance of Wilkes' discovery was not so...near the Antarctic Cirde but in proving that the land had continental dimensions. The British have long...James Oark Ross commantled an expedition to discover the South Magnetic Pole. In 1841, Ross pushed his
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
during the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under Sir James Clark Ross, in 1839-48. By G, T. PaIoR...made regarding the rock-specimens collected by the Ross Expedition, and it was suggested by Sir John Murray...the greater part of the Ross colle~tion consists of specimens from Kerguelen Land similar to those brought...Region,s duri~g the years 1839-43, by Sir James Clark Ross (London, John Murray, 1849); and also in Voyages...1884). McCormick was chief surgeon on board the Erebus, and was mainly responsible tbr the collection
Journal (issue)
source of useful information about the lie of the land may well be local tourist maps and guidebooks. Some...conveniently close to the work place on a piece of flat land away from potential landslides, rock falls, precipices...up into sections and giving a different plot of land to each member of the party. This will save time...almost half --i :::c m the land mass of South America. Much of this land is enormously rich EQuator ...rocks. Over millions of years, these large blocks of land thrust upwards and were then eroded by the sea,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
dating, particularly hydrous minerals such as muscovite, biotite and amphibole, have yet to be characterised...excess ages in biotite but not in coexisting muscovite. Roddick et al. (1980) argued that this reflected...argon solubility in biotite should be higher than muscovite (Dahl, 1996b). Dashed lines in Fig. 5 illustrate...erupted (effectively zero age) anorthoclase on Mount Erebus (Esser et al., 1997). While melt inclusions...Renne et al., 1997). For example, the zero age Mount Erebus anorthoclase exhibited ages of 48, 179 and 640
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Australia Bruce E. Taylor. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada S. Ross Taylor, Canberra, ACT. Australia Stuart G. Wakeham...Xl. Lafon T. Lagarde Steven J. Lambert Lynton S. Land Robert Lander William hl. Landing Rebecca A. Lange...Tardy Laxcrcncs .A. Taylor G. Jsffrq Taklor S. Ross Tabtor Hugh P TakIor Jr. R. E. Taylor Robert Taylor...Wicler f’eter .\I. Williams Stanfe) N. Williams Ross I\‘. Williams Jxb L .-\. Williams Alan E. Williams...fluid phase evolution 5 differentiation in the Mount Genis granite (southeastern D. A. VANKO, J. D.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimens. A large pyroxenite body outcrops at the eastern edge of the complex and pyroxenite is also found...irregular and discontinuous veins, biotite and minor muscovite in patches, and accessory magnetite and ilmenite...Cove, Arkansas Alkaline Province, Arkansas (Flohr & Ross, 1990); (9) Ilı́maussaq, South Greenland (Larsen...previously reported for nepheline syenite dikes at Mount Royal in the Monteregian Hills (Eby, 1984) and for...Cove, Arkansas Alkaline Province, Arkansas (Flohr & Ross, 1990). Fig. 4. Plots of whole-rock (wt %) Al2O3
Book (edition)
the number of terms beginning with “northern”, “eastern”, “northwestern”, “south-central”, etc., is limited...term, e.g., Oceanographic areas, and small areas on land. These coordinates were found in atlases, or obtained...broader terms are omitted. Examples are omission of Eastern U.S. and North America from the broader terms of...subfiles E and N. See symposia. Ada County Adak Island In central part of Aleutian SW of Alaska Peninsula...geosynclines Adelaide Island Off W coast of Antarctic Peninsula S of Cape Horn. BT Antarctica Adelaidean SE Australia
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The petrology of the Ditrau alkaline complex, Eastern Carpathians V. Morogan1 , B. G. J. Upton2 , and...accepted July 16, 1999 Summary The Ditrau complex in eastern Transsylvania, Romania is a large (ca. 18 km diameter)... The petrology of the Ditrau alkaline complex, Eastern Carpathians 229 aus primitiven basanitischen...1859, the Ditrau (or Ditro) alkaline complex in eastern Transsylvania has attracted the attention of numerous...Precambrian and Cambrian metamorphic rocks of the Eastern Carpathians (Balintoni, 1981; Muresan, 1983; and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Sant’Olga tunnel excavated in the quartz‑muscovite schists with tourmalinite layers progressively...Na2CaCu2Si8O20·H2O, is a new mineral from the central-eastern ore-body of the Wessels mine (27°12â€ČS, 22°58â€ČE)...Eldfell volcano on the Heimaey Island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, Iceland. It is named after Niels...1970 eruption (Oskarsson 1981) and from Mont Erebus, Antarctica (Rosenberg 1988). The mineral occurs as white...ïŹ‚uoride hydrates, volcanogenic salts from Mount Erebus, Antarctica. American Mineralogist, 73, 855–860.
Book
million years Dominant Life in the Seas Dominant on Land lamellibranchs and mammals and flowering plants...Welsh primitive land plants Mountains Acadian Mountains graptolites and no life on land crinoids of...related to the dominant life in the seas and on land. LEFT Table showing Igneous Metamorphic Sedimentary...with one ocean during this period. RIGHT Devonian land- scape During this period, about 370,000,000 years...separate continent. South America, South Africa and Antarctica, were probably adjoined near the South Pole
Report (issue)
Paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica Frontispiece. Mount Gardner (78°23’S, 86°W; 4,685 m),... Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, looking east. The mountain is composed of folded...Paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica Edited by Gerald F. Webers Department of Geology...paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica / edited by Gerald F. Webers, Campbell Craddock...Heritage Group of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica ............6.00.00.. G. F. Webers, R. L. Bauer
Book (edition)
the number of Terms beginning with "northern", "eastern", "northwestern", "southcentral", etc., is limited...biphenyls to PCBs. Examples of Used Fors are: muscovite UF potash mica Ftolocene UF Post-glacial praseodymium...level 3 under mining geologyO). UF closed mines SA land subsidence SA mines SA mining geology SA reclamation... W Saskatchewan. IN Index Saskatchewan or ScotÂŹ land as applicable. BX Saskatchewan BX Scotland SA lead-zinc...Accomac County BA Virginia BA Southeastern U.S. BA Eastern U.S. BA United States Accra City on the Gulf of
Report (volume)
Pan-Africa n shearin g i n wester n Dronning Maud Land , Antarctic a 13 5 ROCCHI, S. , STORTI , F. ,...differen t Euleria n poles (e.g . Australia-East Antarctica-Ne w Zealand; Stoc k & Molnar 1982) ; (v ) differential...g. the Cenozoic motion between East and West Antarctica; Cande et al. 2000); (vi ) kinematic strai n...right-latera l fault syste m i n nort h Victori a Land , Antarctic a which terminate s o n its souther...termination o f the Priestley Fault , nort h Victori a Land , Antarctic a (se e Fig . 9 for location). Th e
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chimakurti, Errakonda, and Uppalapadu plutons, Eastern Ghats Belt, India: An unusual association of tholeiitic...magmatism is widespread in the southern segment of the Eastern Ghats Belt, India, and is particularly well recorded...related A-type differentiates, represented in the Eastern Ghats Belt by the Chimakurti and Errakonda plutons...Uppalapadu pluton. The 1352 Ma magmatism in the Eastern Ghats is unusual in that it documents a spatial...reserved. Keywords: A-type; Alkaline; Tholeiitic; Eastern Ghats Belt; Magmatism; Nd and Sr isotopes; U–Pb
Book
p::: Dominant Life in the Seas Dominant Life on Land Main Mountains Formed lamellibranchs and gastropods... trilobites primitive land plants graptolites and crinoids no life on land 1,1.,1 ..:I Ordovician...related to the dominant life in the seas and on land. OPPOSITB The Surface of the Earth Atoms t ...separate continent. South America, South Africa and Antarctica, were probably adjoined near the South Pole....such deserts. The seas which were to encroach on land during the Jurassic period (above) were lapping
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Smirnov, S. S., ORE DEPOSITS AND METALLOGENY OF 'THE EASTERN REGIONS OF THE U.S.S.R. 359 p.; 50 figs.; 38 tables;...7 12 17 21 SOME TIN AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN EASTERN TRANSBAYKALIA Discovery of tinstone in lead-zinc...80 120 141 158 MINERALOGY OF SOME DISTRICTS OF EASTERN SIBERIA Materials on geology and mineralogy of...iron ore deposits) 183 242 IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN EASTERN DISTRICTS OF THE U.S.S.R. Downloaded by [University...geologists and a pioneer in the exploration for tin in Eastern Siberia in the decades preceding the last world
Book (edition)
Australia, 102 Dodds Street, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205, Australia Chapman & Hall India, R. Seshadri...Orogenic (regional) metamorphism — exemplified by the eastern Scottish Highlands ROCK WEATHERING AND SOILS ...359 449 Ice Age 453 Environmental changes on land 454 Himalayan and pre-Himalayan rivers 363 21...Pre-Cenozoic Ice Ages 18.12 Ancient drainage and land surfaces in Australia 374 464 21.11 The future...Ireland Tourist Board) Figure 1.2 Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, west of Mull, Scotland. (Paul Pepper
Report (issue)
Formatsiy Byull., no. 4, p. 8-19, 1961. The muscovite-microcline-plagioclase pegmatite vein no. 9 occurs...Byelomoryan age. Clean microcline, biotite, and muscovite were taken from this vein and prepared into reference...Ser. Geol., no. 8, p. 99-100, 1961. Natural muscovite ground to 0.2 mm dimensions and also 40X30 mm...determining the amount absorbed (the powdered muscovite absorbed up to 10 times as much as the laminae)...F. Potassium-argon ages of some rocks from the Eastern Desert of Egypt: United Arab Republic Geol. Survey
 
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