| Locality type: | Pegmatite |
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| Species: | Sapphirine |
| Formula: | Mg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36] |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sapphirine data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view "Christmas Point" pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1434972 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1434972:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | cd315913-78eb-4ec1-9355-a434d11e50a2 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Sapphirine |
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| 4.3km (2.7 miles) | ⓘ"Zircon Point" pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| 43.3km (26.9 miles) | ⓘCasey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| 59.1km (36.7 miles) | ⓘMount Pardoe pegmatite, Mount Pardoe, Amundsen Bay, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| 65.4km (40.6 miles) | ⓘTonagh Island, Amundsen Bay, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| 90.2km (56.1 miles) | ⓘBunt Island, Amundsen Bay, Tula Mountains, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica |
| References |
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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. |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | pegmatitesin granulite-faciesrocks of caJey Bay,Enderby Land, fntarctica Eowano S. Gnew Department of Earth...90024 Abstrect Surinamite,taaffeite,berylliaa sapphirine,niobian rutile, chrysoberyl,and wagnerite occur...rocksnear Mclntyre llaia-1erzz,s,4go05,E) in casey Bay, Antarctica. Antarctic surinamite contains 30.9-32.1wt...sillimanite-garnet-biotite-surinamite-taaffeite-sapphirine,and siltim4nite-garnet-biotite-chrysoberyl_surinamite...sheathed by spinel and containing minor beryllian sapphirine (Wilson and Hudson, 1967);the nodule occursin |
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