Locality type:

Outcrop

Classification

Species:

Diopside

Formula:

CaMgSi₂O₆

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Dorrel Rock, Marie Byrd Land, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

1325574

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:1325574:3

GUID (UUID V4):

cc956f3e-a0ab-4100-971f-75eb2ef57f86

References

LeMasurier, W. E., & Rex, D. C. (1982). Volcanic record of Cenozoic glacial history in Marie Byrd Land and western Ellsworth Land: Revised chronology and evaluation of tectonic factors. Antarctic Geoscience, 89, 725-734.

LeMasurier, W.E. (1990) B. Marie Byrd Land. In Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans Vol. 48 - Antarctic Research Series. American Geophysical Union. p.146-255. doi:10.1029/AR048pp.235-137

Rocchi, S., LeMasurier, W. E., & Di Vincenzo, G. (2006). Oligocene to Holocene erosion and glacial history in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, inferred from exhumation of the Dorrel Rock intrusive complex and from volcano morphologies. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 118(7-8), 991-1005.

Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4p.5

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Diopside from Dorrel Rock, Marie Byrd Land, Western Antarctica, Antarctica

Diopside from
Dorrel Rock, Marie Byrd Land, Western Antarctica, Antarctica