Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica (original) (raw)

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

References:

Schlüter, J., Estrada, S., Lisker, F., Läufer, A., Kühn, R., Nitzsche, K. N., & Spiegel, C. (2011). First petrographical description of rock occurrences in the Steingarden area, Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica. Polarforschung, 80(3), 161-172.

ⓘ Aegirine

Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6

ⓘ Aegirine-augite

Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6

ⓘ Aenigmatite

Formula: Na4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]

ⓘ Akaganeite

Formula: (Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25 · nH2O

ⓘ Alabandite

Formula: MnS

Description: Ferroan Alabandite (42%FeS); unusually high in Fe for an Enstatite chondrite

ⓘ Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Alkali amphibole'

ⓘ 'Alkali Feldspar'

Localities:

Sistefjell, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Mount Campleman, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Straumsvola complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ 'Allanite Group'

Formula: (A12+REE3+)(M13+M23+M32+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

ⓘ Almandine

Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Amesite

Formula: Mg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4

Habit: hexagonal prisms

Colour: pale green in color, and in some cases have a thin reddish surface coating

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

Formula: A B2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

Localities:

Sistefjell, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Mount Campleman, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Tvora complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Straumsvola complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup var. Clinoamphibole'

References:

Ferrero, Silvio, Godard, Gaston, Palmeri, Rosaria, Wunder, Bernd, Cesare, Bernardo (2018) Partial melting of ultramafic granulites from Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: Constraints from melt inclusions and thermodynamic modeling. American Mineralogist, 103 (4) 610-622 doi:10.2138/am-2018-6214

ⓘ Analcime

Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O

ⓘ Andalusite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Localities:

Szabo Bluff, Scott Glacier, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Balchen Mt, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden area, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

ⓘ Anorthite

Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

ⓘ Arfvedsonite

Formula: [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2

ⓘ Atacamite

Formula: Cu2(OH)3Cl

ⓘ Augite

Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

ⓘ Augite var. Fassaite

Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Al,Fe3+,Ti)[(Si,Al)2O6]

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 86010 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 87051 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Asuka 881371 meteorite, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Description: Fassaite (variable) as anhedral grains & clusters

ⓘ Augite var. Ferroaugite

References:

Leat, P. T., Riley, T. R., Storey, B. C., Kelley, S. P., & Millar, I. L. (2000). Middle Jurassic ultramafic lamprophyre dyke within the Ferrar magmatic province, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mineralogical Magazine, 64(1), 95-111.

ⓘ Augite var. Ferrohedenbergite

Formula: (Ca,Mg,Fe)(Fe,Mg)Si2O6

Localities:

Miller Range 090136 meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Miller Range 090032 meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Miller Range 090030 Martian meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Miller Range 03346 Martian meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Barrerite

Formula: Na2(Si7Al2)O18 · 6H2O

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Bassanite

Formula: Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O

ⓘ Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

ⓘ 'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

ⓘ Borax

Formula: Na2(B4O5)(OH)4 · 8H2O

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

ⓘ Brucite

Formula: Mg(OH)2

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Celsian

Formula: Ba(Al2Si2O8)

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities:

Balchen Mt, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden area, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Chladniite

Formula: Na3CaMg11(PO4)9

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Chopinite

Formula: Mg3(PO4)2

References:

Grew, E.S., Yates, M.G., Beane, R.J., Floss, C. and Gerbi, C. (2010) Chopinite-sarcopside solid solution, (Mg,Fe)3□2, in GRA95209, a transitional acapulcoite: Implications for phosphate genesis in meteorites. American Mineralogist: 95: 260-272.

ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ Clinochlore

Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8

ⓘ Clinoenstatite

Formula: MgSiO3

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 87232 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 87223 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 88136 meteorite, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Clinohumite

Formula: Mg9(SiO4)4F2

References:

Grew, Edward S., Essene, Eric J., Peacor, Donald R., Su, Shu-chun, Asami, Masao (1991) Dissakisite-(Ce), a new member of the epidote group and the Mg analogue of allanite-(Ce), from Antarctica. American Mineralogist, 76 (11-12) 1990-1997

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Habit: subhedral to euhedral prisms which often appear elongated

ⓘ Coesite

Formula: SiO2

References:

Ohtani, E., Ozawa, S., Miyahara, M., Ito, Y., Mikouchi, T., Kimura, M., ... & Hiraga, K. (2011). Coesite and stishovite in a shocked lunar meteorite, Asuka-881757, and impact events in lunar surface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(2), 463-466.

ⓘ Cohenite

Formula: Fe3C

ⓘ Cordierite

Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)

References:

ⓘ Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 88774 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Szabo Bluff, Scott Glacier, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Cristobalite

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ Cronstedtite

Formula: Fe2+2Fe3+((Si,Fe3+)2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ Cummingtonite

Formula: ◻{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2

References:

ⓘ Dalyite

Formula: K2ZrSi6O15

ⓘ Daubréelite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2S4

ⓘ Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

Localities:

Miller Range 03443 meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 88136 meteorite, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Fuglefjellet, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Mount Campleman, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Marmorny Nunatak, Drygalski Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Description: As small grains in Olivine

ⓘ Diopside var. Salite

References:

ⓘ Dissakisite-(Ce) (TL)

Formula: (CaCe)(AlAlMg)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Type Locality:

References:

ⓘ Djerfisherite

Formula: K6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl

ⓘ Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities:

Balchen Mt, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Fuglefjellet, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Mount Campleman, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Donbassite

Formula: Al4.33(Si3Al)O10(OH)8

ⓘ Dumortierite

Formula: Al(Al2O)(Al2O)2(SiO4)3(BO3)

ⓘ Edenite

Formula: NaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

ⓘ Enstatite

Formula: Mg2Si2O6

Localities: Reported from at least 12 localities in this region.

ⓘ Enstatite var. Bronzite

Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)2[SiO3]2

ⓘ Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

ⓘ Eskolaite

Formula: Cr2O3

ⓘ Eudialyte

Formula: Na15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2

ⓘ Fayalite

Formula: Fe2+2SiO4

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

Localities: Reported from at least 24 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group var. Mesoperthite'

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group var. Perthite'

ⓘ Ferrihydrite

Formula: Fe3+10O14(OH)2

ⓘ Fibroferrite

Formula: Fe3+(SO4)(OH) · 5H2O

ⓘ Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F

ⓘ Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

ⓘ Forsterite

Formula: Mg2SiO4

Localities: Reported from at least 24 localities in this region.

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

References:

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Localities:

Balchen Mt, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Otratnaya Nunatak, Northern Gruber Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Gehlenite

Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7]

ⓘ Geikielite

Formula: MgTiO3

References:

ⓘ 'Glass'

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Glass var. Common Glass'

ⓘ Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 85311 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
LaPaz Ice Field 02225 meteorite, LaPaz Ice Field, Pecora Escarpment, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Neptune Mountains meteorite, Neptune Mountains, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Graftonite

Formula: Fe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2

ⓘ Graphite

Formula: C

Localities:

Pecora Escarpment 82506 meteorite, Pecora Escarpment, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 88774 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Graves Nunataks 95209 meteorite, Graves Nunataks meteorites, Wisconsin Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden area, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Description: As tiny grains.

ⓘ Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Grossular var. Tsavorite

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

Localities:

Miller Range 03346 Martian meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
LaPaz Ice Field 02225 meteorite, LaPaz Ice Field, Pecora Escarpment, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Patuxent Mountains, Thiel Mts., Western Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden area, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Halite

Formula: NaCl

References:

ⓘ Haüyne

Formula: Na3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)

ⓘ Hedenbergite

Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

ⓘ Hercynite

Formula: Fe2+Al2O4

ⓘ Hibonite

Formula: CaAl12O19

ⓘ 'High-calcium pyroxene'

Localities:

Steingarden Nunataks 07003 meteorite, Steingarden Nunataks site, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden Nunataks 07002 meteorite, Steingarden Nunataks site, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden Nunataks 07004 meteorite, Steingarden Nunataks site, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Description: Composition from Wo37.4Fs10.3En52.2 to Wo43.3Fs8.0En48.7

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

Formula: ◻Ca2(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2

Localities:

Fuglefjellet, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Mt Provender, Shackleton Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Mount Campleman, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Stålstuten, Mühlig-Hofmann Mtns, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden area, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ 'Iddingsite'

Formula: MgO · Fe2O3 · 3SiO2 · 4H2O

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

ⓘ Iron

Formula: Fe

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

ⓘ Iron var. Kamacite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

ⓘ Iron var. Martensite

Formula: Fe

ⓘ Jarosite

Formula: KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Kalsilite

Formula: KAlSiO4

ⓘ Katophorite

Formula: {Na}{CaNa}{Mg4Al}[(AlSi7)O22](OH)2

ⓘ Keilite

Formula: (Fe2+,Mg)S

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 88714 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 87119 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 88180 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Klein Glacier meteorite 98300, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
LaPaz Ice Field 02225 meteorite, LaPaz Ice Field, Pecora Escarpment, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ 'Kelyphite'

References:

ⓘ Kernite

Formula: Na2[B4O6(OH)2] · 3H2O

ⓘ 'K Feldspar'

ⓘ Kirschsteinite

Formula: CaFe2+SiO4

Localities:

Description: Most Frequently as Exsollution lamellae in Olivine; Bu olivine also forms exsolution lamellae in Kirschsteinite

ⓘ Knorringite

Formula: Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Kokchetavite

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

References:

ⓘ Kumdykolite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

References:

ⓘ Kyanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

ⓘ Laihunite

Formula: (Fe2+0.5◻0.5)Fe3+[SiO4]

ⓘ Laumontite

Formula: CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ 'Limonite'

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Low-calcium pyroxene'

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Description: Average composition Wo1.5±0.1Fs21.3±0.2

ⓘ Maghemite

Formula: (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4

ⓘ Magnesiochromite

Formula: MgCr2O4

References:

Chikami, J., Mikouchi, T., Takeda, H., & Miyamoto, M. (1997). Mineralogy and cooling history of the calcium‐aluminum‐chromium enriched ureilite, Lewis Cliff 88774. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 32(3), 343-348.

ⓘ Magnesiochromite var. Picrochromite

Formula: MgCr2O4

References:

ⓘ Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S (TL)

Formula: (Mg8.43Fe2+1.57)sum=10Al22Ti4+2O46(OH)2

Type Locality:

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 16 localities in this region.

ⓘ Magnetite var. Aluminous Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

ⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Maskelynite'

ⓘ 'Melilite Group'

Formula: Ca2M(XSiO7)

ⓘ Merrillite

Formula: Ca9NaMg(PO4)7

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 88763 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 86010 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 87051 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
LaPaz Icefield 02205 Lunar meteorite, LaPaz Ice Field, Pecora Escarpment, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Asuka 881371 meteorite, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ 'Meteoritic Iron'

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 86134 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 86127 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 86018 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ Mirabilite

Formula: Na2SO4 · 10H2O

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Szabo Bluff, Scott Glacier, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Marmorny Nunatak, Drygalski Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden area, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

References:

ⓘ Nahcolite

Formula: NaHCO3

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Narsarsukite

Formula: Na4(Ti,Fe)2[Si8O20](O,OH,F)2

ⓘ Natrite

Formula: Na2CO3

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Natrojarosite

Formula: NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6

ⓘ Natrolite

Formula: Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O

ⓘ Natron

Formula: Na2CO3 · 10H2O

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Nepheline

Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16)

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 86018 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Mount Campleman, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Tvora complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Straumsvola complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ 'Nickel-iron'

ⓘ Niningerite

Formula: (Mg,Fe2+,Mn2+)S

ⓘ Oldhamite

Formula: (Ca,Mg)S

ⓘ 'Olivine Group'

Formula: M2SiO4

ⓘ Orthoclase

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 86018 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 88763 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Miller Range 03443 meteorite, Miller Range, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Pargasite

Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2

References:

ⓘ Pentlandite

Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 87009 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
MacAlpine Hills 88136 meteorite, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Balchen Mt, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Perovskite

Formula: CaTiO3

ⓘ Perryite

Formula: (Ni,Fe)5(Si,P)2

Description: As thin lamellae along (111) metal planes

ⓘ Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities:

Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Balchen Mt, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Fuglefjellet, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Marmorny Nunatak, Drygalski Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Pigeonite

Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6

Localities:

MacAlpine Hills 88105 Lunar meteorite, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 86018 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 88763 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Pecora Escarpment 82506 meteorite, Pecora Escarpment, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ 'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

Localities: Reported from at least 25 localities in this region.

Description: Plagioclase (An16) in lithic clast LEW-1.

ⓘ 'Plessite'

Localities:

Lazarev meteorite, Humboldt Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Neptune Mountains meteorite, Neptune Mountains, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden Nunataks 07009 meteorite, Steingarden Nunataks site, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Potassic-chloro-hastingsite

Formula: KCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl2

ⓘ Prehnite

Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Pyrochlore Group'

Formula: A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z

ⓘ 'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region.

ⓘ Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Qilianshanite

Formula: NaHCO3 · H3BO3 · 2H2O

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.

ⓘ Rasvumite

Formula: KFe2S3

ⓘ Richterite

Formula: Na(NaCa)Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

ⓘ Rutile

Formula: TiO2

References:

ⓘ Sanidine

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ Sarcopside

Formula: Fe2+3(PO4)2

References:

ⓘ 'Scapolite'

ⓘ Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

ⓘ Schorl

Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

ⓘ Schreibersite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 85311 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Balchen Mt, Sør Rondane Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Fuglefjellet, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Tvora complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Straumsvola complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

ⓘ 'Silica'

ⓘ Sillimanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

ⓘ Sinoite

Formula: Si2N2O

ⓘ Sodalite

Formula: Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl

ⓘ Spessartine

Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

ⓘ Spinel

Formula: MgAl2O4

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

ⓘ Staurolite

Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)

References:

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

Formula: M6-7[Al8-9Si27-28O72] · nH2O

ⓘ Stishovite

Formula: SiO2

References:

ⓘ Taenite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

ⓘ 'Tektite var. Australite'

ⓘ Tetrataenite

Formula: FeNi

References:

McCoy, T.J., Carlson, W.D., Nittler, L.R., Stroud, R.M., Bogard, D.D., Garrison, D.H. (2006) Graves Nunataks 95209: A snapshot of metal segregation and core formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 70(2): 516-531.

ⓘ Thénardite

Formula: Na2SO4

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Titanite

Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O

Localities:

Otratnaya Nunatak, Northern Gruber Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Marmorny Nunatak, Drygalski Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden area, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Straumsvola complex, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Tochilinite

Formula: Fe2+5-6(Mg,Fe2+)5S6(OH)10

ⓘ Topaz

Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

ⓘ 'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

ⓘ Tranquillityite

Formula: (Fe2+,Ca)8(Zr,Y)2Ti3(SiO4)3O12

ⓘ Tremolite

Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

ⓘ Tridymite

Formula: SiO2

Localities:

Lewis Cliff 88180 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Lewis Cliff 86018 meteorite, Lewis Cliff, Buckley Island quadrangle, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
LaPaz Ice Field 02225 meteorite, LaPaz Ice Field, Pecora Escarpment, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
LaPaz Icefield 02205 Lunar meteorite, LaPaz Ice Field, Pecora Escarpment, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Troilite

Formula: FeS

Localities: Reported from at least 21 localities in this region.

ⓘ Trona

Formula: Na3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O

References:

Liu, T., Bish, D. L., Socki, R. A., Harvey, R. P., & Tonui, E. (2015). Mineralogy and formation of evaporite deposits from the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 27(1), 73-84.

ⓘ Tsangpoite

Formula: Ca5(PO4)2(SiO4)

References:

Hwang, S. L., Shen, P., Chu, H. T., Yui, T. F., Varela, M. E., & Iizuka, Y. (2016, March). Tsangpoite: The Unknown Calcium Silico Phosphate Phase in the Angrite D'Orbigny. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 47, p. 1466).

ⓘ Ulvöspinel

Formula: TiFe2+2O4

ⓘ Vesuvianite

Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

ⓘ Vlasovite

Formula: Na2ZrSi4O11

ⓘ Whitlockite

Formula: Ca9Mg(PO4)6(PO3OH)

Localities:

MacAlpine Hills 88105 Lunar meteorite, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden Nunataks 07003 meteorite, Steingarden Nunataks site, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden Nunataks 07002 meteorite, Steingarden Nunataks site, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden Nunataks 07004 meteorite, Steingarden Nunataks site, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

ⓘ Wollastonite

Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

ⓘ Zircon

Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

ⓘ Zirconolite ?

Formula: CaZrTi2O7

References:

ⓘ Zoisite

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Localities:

Fuglefjellet, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Marmorny Nunatak, Drygalski Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Steingarden area, Queen Maud Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica