Locality type: | Pegmatite |
Classification |
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Species: | Surinamite |
Formula: | (Mg,Fe)3Al4BeSi3O16 |
Confirmation |
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Validity: | Believed Valid |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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Khmaralite | ⓘ3 photos of Surinamite associated with Khmaralite at this locality. |
Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Surinamite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
Data |
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Mineral Data: | Click here to view Surinamite data |
Locality Data: | Click here to view "Zircon Point" pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
Data Identifiers |
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 405499 |
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:405499:3 |
GUID (UUID V4): | fa40f1e6-314a-4be9-b6ee-aea2726174c4 |
Nearest other occurrences of Surinamite |
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4.3km (2.7 miles) | ⓘ"Christmas Point" pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
47.6km (29.5 miles) | ⓘCasey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
55.0km (34.2 miles) | ⓘMount Pardoe pegmatite, Mount Pardoe, Amundsen Bay, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
References |
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Barbier, J., Grew, E.S., Moore, P.B., and Su, S.-C. (1999) Khmaralite, a new beryllium-bearing mineral related to sapphirine: A superstructure resulting from partial ordering of Be, Al and Si on tetrahedral sites. American Mineralogist, 84, 1650-1660 Grew, E.S., Yates, M.G., Barbier, J., Shearer, C.K., Sheraton, J.W., Shiraishi, K., and Motoyoshi, Y. (2000) Granulite-facies beryllium pegmatites in the Napier Complex in Khmara and Amundsen Bays, western Enderby Land, East Antarctica. Polar Geoscience, 13, 1-40. |
"Zircon Point" pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica