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


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Surinamiteā“˜1 photo of Quartz associated with Surinamite at this locality.
Khmaraliteā“˜1 photo of Quartz associated with Khmaralite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:245717
Long-form Identifier:1:3:245717:8
GUID (UUID V4):73a44626-eaef-4e9a-9a4a-61080afe1b06
Localities for Quartz 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
"Zircon 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
Priestley Peak, Amundsen Bay, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Brusilov Nunataks, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Dungey Mountain, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Gage Ridge, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Hardy Mountain, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Northern face, Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Reference Peak, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
60.2km (37.4 miles) ā“˜Brusilov Nunataks, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic Tectonothermal Events in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: Implications for the Formation of...Tonagh Island, the western part of the Napier Complex, East Antarctica gave 1870582 Ma, 1897550 Ma and 1557535...Archaean timing of UHT metamorphism in the Napier Complex. The ca. 1900 Ma age is considered to reflect...reflect an important tectonothermal event in the Napier Complex including a tholeiite dyke intrusion. On the...Gondwana fragments such as the Rayner Complex in Antarctica and the Eastern Ghats Belt in India record extensive
Report (chapter)
geological studies of JARE in the Napier Complex, Enderby Land, East Antarctica Hideo Ishizuka Geological Society...geological studies of JARE in the Napier Complex, Enderby Land, East Antarctica HIDEO ISHIZUKA Department of...geochemistry and geochronology of the Napier Complex in Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Detailed field investigations...Riiser-Larsen area and Tonagh Island, revealed that the Napier Complex comprises layered and massive gneiss units...ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) metamorphism). Pā€“ T evolution of the Napier UHT metamorphism was examined by analyses of reaction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
geochronology in the western part of the Rayner Complex, East Antarctica Kenji HORIE*,**,ā€ , Tomokazu HOKADA*,**...the Rayner Complex of western Enderby Land, East Antarctica, in order to deļ¬ne the eastern limits of the...the western Rayner Complex that underwent the Panā€“African metamorphism and to evaluate potential source...the Rayner Complex of western Enderby Land. There is no evidence of reworked Napier Complex rocks in the...studied Rayner samples. Keywords: Rayner Complex, East Antarctica, SHRIMP Uā€“Pb zircon dating, Metamorphism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
REVIEW Protoliths of the Napier Complex in Enderby Land, East Antarctica; an overview and implication...(UHT) metamorphic rocks of the Napier Complex in Enderby Land, East Antarctica, consist of mantle protolith...related subduction regime. Subsequently, the Napier Complex was stabilized during the UHT metamorphism...- - - Keywords: Greenstone granite belt, Napier Complex, Subduction regime, TTG suite, UHT metamorphism...Earthā€™s own activities. The Napier Complex occurs in Enderby Land, East Antarctica (Fig. 1). After the reconnaissance
Report (chapter)
Archaean-Cambrian crustal development of East Antarctica: metamorphic characteristics and tectonic implications...Archaean-Cambrian crustal development of East Antarctica: metamorphic characteristics and tectonic implications...recognized from four distinct belts: the Dronning Maud Land, LtRzow-Holm Bay, Prydz Bay and Denman Glacier Belts...affected Archaean cratonic remnants in the Napier Complex and southern Prince Charles Mountains. The...proposed in the SW US-East Antartic model. East Antarctica was not a single unified crustal block within
Report (chapter)
Geodynamic evolution of Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Napier Complex, East Antarctica, with reference to the UHT mineral...Geodynamic evolution of Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Napier Complex, East Antarctica, with reference to the UHT mineral...in the Archaeanā€“early Proterozoic Napier Complex, East Antarctica. The area is structurally divided into...pseudotachylite. Mineral parageneses including sapphirine Ć¾ quartz and osumilite, diagnostic of ultrahigh-temperature...Mt. Riiser-Larsen area. Some of the sapphirineā€“quartz associations are accompanied by retrograde reaction
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
METAMORPHIC TERRAIN: LATE PROTEROZOIC DATES FROM THE EASTERN GHATS PROVINCE OF INDIA EDWARD S. GREW Department...metamorphic terrain: late Proterozoic dates from the Eastern Ghats Province of India. Precambrian Res., 33:...perrierite and zircons in two samples from the Eastern Ghats Province of South India, a sapphirine-bearing...late Proterozoic granulite-facies event in the Eastern Ghats Province. In reassemblies of Gondwanaland...proposal, the Eastern Ghats Province is juxtaposed against a high-grade terrain in East Antarctica affected
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultrahigh temperature metamorphism in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: A Petrochronological investigation...clark@curtin.edu.au Abstract The Napier Complex in East Antarctica preserves a record of ultrahigh-temperature...rocks from the Tula Mountains region of the Napier Complex was analysed. Individual concordant populations...petrochronological data demonstrate that the Napier Complex remained at UHT from c. 2585 Ma until at least...reserved. Accepted Article experienced by the Napier Complex were achieved through a combination of orogenic
Report (chapter)
inclusions in granulites from the Napier Complex, East Antarctica T. Tsunogae, M. Santosh, J. Dubessy...inclusions in granulites from the Napier Complex, East Antarctica T. TSUNOGAE1,2, M. SANTOSH3, J. DUBESSY4...(UHT) granulites from the Napier Complex of Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Fluid inclusions in various...granulites pass through the peak Pā€“ T conditions of the Napier metamorphism (T Ā¼ 1050ā€“ 1150 8C, P Ā¼ 9ā€“11kbar)...during extreme crustal metamorphism of the Napier Complex. The carbonic fluid probably played an important
Report (chapter)
on March 6, 2015 Geosciences research in East Antarctica (088E ā€“ 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)
modeling of sapphirine Ć¾ quartz assemblage from the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: Diagnostic evidence...facies rocks that contain equilibrium sapphirine Ć¾ quartz assemblage from two localities (Tonagh Island (TI)...(TI) and Priestley Peak (PP)) in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica, provides unequivocal evidence for...reaction microstructures associated with sapphirine Ć¾ quartz vary among the samples, probably suggesting different...during the metamorphic evolution. Sapphirine and quartz in TI sample were probably in equilibrium at the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism at Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Napier Complex, East Antarctica Tomokazu Hokada a,b,āˆ— , Keiji Misawa...Accepted 10 May 2003 Abstract The Archaean Napier Complex consists of felsic orthogneiss, mafic granulite...te (TTG) crust, is a major constituent of the complex, especially at Mt. Riiser-Larsen, which is located...some authors to have been continuous with the Napier Complex from the Mid Proterozoic until Gondwana break...rights reserved. Keywords: Archaean; Granulite; Napier Complex; SHRIMP; TTG; Ultrahigh-temperature (UHT) metamorphism
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Archean crust in the eastern Tula Mountains, Napier complex, East Antarctica Piotr KrĆ³l, Monika A....of Archean crust in the eastern Tula Mountains, Napier complex, East Antarctica, Gondwana Research(2020)...of Archean crust in the eastern Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, East Antarctica Piotr KrĆ³l1, Monika A....Republic of Korea of ABSTRACT The Napier Complex of Enderby and Kemp Lands forms the north-western...temperature event. The western segment of the Napier Complex includes coastal outcrops, islands and nunataks
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Uā€“ Pb geochronology from Tonagh Island, East Antarctica: implications for the timing of ultra-high temperature...temperature metamorphism of the Napier Complex C.J. Carson a,*, J.J. Ague a, C.D. Coath b a Department...orthogneiss from central Tonagh Island, Enderby Land, East Antarctica provides insight into the chronological-metamorphic...chronological-metamorphic evolution of the Archaean Napier Complex, the details of which have been the source...and Sm ā€“ Nd whole-rock isochron ages from the Napier Complex. We conclude that UHT metamorphism occurred
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from Tonagh Island in the Archean Napier Complex, East Antarctica Toshiaki Tsunogae a,*, Yasuhito Osanai...of up to 0.48) from Tonagh Island in Enderby Land, East Antarctica are closely associated with typical...calculated for the ultrahigh-temperature Archean Napier Complex. Although experimental investigations have...thermodynamic calculations for the present pargasite + quartz assemblage indicate that the thermal stability...Halogen; Pargasite; Granulite-facies; Napier complex; East Antarctica 1. Introduction * Corresponding author
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ultra-high-temperature metapelites from the Napier Complex, East Antarctica Y. MOTOYOSHI1 AND B.J. HENSEN2,* 1...e metapelitic granulites from the Napier Complex, East Antarctica is associated with aluminous orthopyroxene...orthopyroxene, osumilite, sapphirine, garnet, and quartz. Textural relationships imply that some of the phlogopite...describe phlogopite from the Napier Complex in Enderby Land, East Antarctica, with significantly higher...and Forefinger Point (Harley et al. 1990) in Antarctica. The highest value so far reported (5ā€“6 wt%;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chronology of UHT metamorphism in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: implications for zircon growth at...paragneisses from Mt. Riiser-Larsen in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica, were dated by using ion microprobe...analyses on metamorphic zircons from sapphirineā€“quartz and osumilitebearing magnesian paragneisses give...references therein). The Archaean Napier Complex in East Antarctica is known as one of the UHT metamorphic...characterized by the occurrence of sapphirine + quartz and osumilite (e.g., Dallwitz 1968; Ellis et al
metamorphic rocks and associated pegmatites of East Antarctica and South India H. E. BELKIN1,*, R. MACDONALD2...of the Napier Complex and Mawson Station charnockite in East Antarctica and from the Eastern Ghats, South...to the LREE and Ca. In one sample from the Napier Complex, Y is the dominant cation among the total REE...EY WORDS : chevkinite-group, perrierite, Antarctica, Eastern Ghats, India. Introduction THE most abundant...granulites and associated pegmatites from East Antarctica and South India, with the speciļ¬c aim of furthering
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ARCHAEAN CRUST IN THE RAYNER COMPLEX, MacROBERTSON AND KEMP LAND COAST, EAST ANTARCTICA GEOFFREY L. CLARKE* Department...Archaean crust in the Rayner Complex, MacRobertson and Kemp Land coast, East Antarctica. Precambrian Res., 40/41:...rocks exposed along the MacRobertson and east Kemp Land coasts consist of, in the west, Archaean gneisses...westward toward a stable Archaean block, the Napier Complex. Kinematic indicators are consistent with formation...deformation. Dissection of both the Rayner and Napier Complexes by retrograde shear zones and mylonite-pseudotachylite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
record of cooling and hydration in the Napier Complex, Antarctica Ruairidh J. Mitchell, Simon L. Harley...record of cooling and hydration in the Napier Complex, Antarctica, LITHOS (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.lithos...record of cooling and hydration in the T Napier Complex, Antarctica School of Geosciences, University of...phase equilibrium (pseudoseciton) modelling in complex chemical systems SC R with updated mineral a-X...bearing UHT granulites from Mt Charles, Napier Complex, Antarctica. P-T phase equilibrium modelling of two
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
Report (chapter)
the Mt. Riiser-Larsen area of the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: tectonic implications as deduced from...the Mt. Riiser-Larsen area of the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: tectonic implications as deduced from...Riiser-Larsen area of the Archaean Napier Complex, East Antarctica, of which the northā€“south-striking...with dykes reported from other areas of the Napier Complex suggests that the northā€“ south-striking dykes...the formation of continental crust of the Rayner Complex. Proterozoic dykes of basic to intermediate compositions
Report (chapter)
orthopyroxene, cordierite, sillimanite, spinel and quartz in pelites and quartzites. Experimentally constrained...additional osumilite and melt indicate that sapphirine + quartz is stable only at > 1040Ā°C in reduced rocks, that...FMAS, and that the orthopyroxene + sillimanite + quartz assemblage is restricted to pressures greater than...orthopyroxene; Os, osumilite; Plag, plagioclase; Qz, quartz; Sil, sillimanite; Spl, spinel; Spr, sapphirine...Textures Eastern Ghats 6c. G o k a r v a r a m 6d. Araku IBC and Near-isothermal 6. Eastern Ghats (N)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
available. The wollastonite + scapolite (high EqAn) + quartz + grossular garnet assemblage at P>8.5 kbar generally...Examples of post āˆ’ peak UHT P āˆ’ T vectors for the Napier Complex are shown: IBC at at Mt. Riiser āˆ’ Larsen based...cordierite; Grt, garnet; Opx, orthopyroxene; Qz, quartz; Sil, sillimanite; Spl, spinel; Spr, sapphirine...(1973) identified a stability field for sapphirine + quartz (Spr + Qz) at temperatures in excess of 1050Ā°C...1050Ā°C and constrained orthopyroxene + sillimanite + quartz (Opx + Sil + Qz) to occur at pressures beyond those
Report (chapter)
metamorphosed igneous rocks from Enderby Land and eastern Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: evidence for biotite-bearing...metamorphosed igneous rocks from Enderby Land and eastern Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: evidence for biotite-bearing...Mount Riiser-Larsen, in the Archaean Napier Complex of Enderby Land. The results at 1.0 GPa and 400 8C...lower crust beneath the Mizuho Plateau of eastern Dronning Maud Land. Combining the available measured velocity...Research Expedition (JARE), Dronning Maud Land and Enderby Land were chosen as ideal fields for the ā€˜Structure
 
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