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⇱ Tridymite from Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica


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Tridymite from
Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica

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Locality type:Volcano
Classification
Species:Tridymite
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Polarised-light microscopy
Wet Chemical
XRD
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Gypsum1
Native Sulphur1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tridymite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1476814
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1476814:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tridymite
29.1km (18.1 miles) Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(4),2r 123-135 (1896)' ON THE MINERALOGY OF ANTARCTICA DuNc.qN SrnwAnt, Jr.., Corleton College,Northf'eld...basalt of Mount Christen Christensen(Christensen-Vulkan)of Robert' son Island, West Antarctica. The following...questionable occurrence, that have been reported from Antarctica. A number of these have been determined only...augite Titanomagnetite Topaz Tourmaline Tremolite Tridymite Vermiculite? Vesuvianite Woehlerite Wollastonite...igneous and palingenic rocks from the Antarctic Archipelago, A contribution to the petrology of circum-Pacific
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Book (volume)
Stratigraphy, and Tectonic Geology of South Victoria Land. By Professor T. W. E. DAVID, C.M.G., F.R.S...PRIESTLEY. Internal. Geol. Congress, Stockholm, 1910. Antarctica and Some of its Problems. By Professor T. W....TO THE PALEONTOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF SOUTH VICTORIA LAND BY W. N. BENSON, B.Sc. F. CHAPMAN, A.L.S.,...follows : DRYGALSKI THE BARRIER ICE TONGUE. ROSS ' 9 ' / ft c i e r SEA ice. This interpretation...reproduced, including the telephoto view of Mount Erebus. We are particularly indebted to the authors
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a type of stuffed tridymite structure with close relationships to other tridymite derivatives: kalsilite...Eldfell volcano on the Heimaey Island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, Iceland. It is named after Niels...1970 eruption (Oskarsson 1981) and from Mont Erebus, Antarctica (Rosenberg 1988). The mineral occurs as white...fluoride hydrates, volcanogenic salts from Mount Erebus, Antarctica. American Mineralogist, 73, 855–860. ...Therasia, one of the ancient names for Vulcano island (from the Greek θηραϭια = warm earth). The mineral
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Japan, Alaska, the Rocky Mountains, the Andes and Antarctica), and the Mediterranean-Asian mountain belt between...the oceanic intra-plate volcanoes, e.g. on Easter Island, Ascension, Reunion, the Canary Islands as well...1992): - Primitive island arcs (at an early stage of development). - Fully developed island arcs. - Active...crystals and microlites are observed in obsidians (Ross, 1962). The basis for the discussion of the formation...outstanding contributions have been characterized by Ross (1962) as “one of the most important contributions
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term, e.g., Oceanographic areas, and small areas on land. These coordinates were found in atlases, or obtained...has BTs in three different hierarchies: Hawaii BZ East Pacific Ocean Islands Polynesia United States All...Province in S Anatolia. Also a city. BT Turkey Middle East adaptation Includes use on level 3 under ecology(1)...subfiles E and N. See symposia. Ada County Adak Island In central part of Aleutian SW of Alaska Peninsula...geosynclines Adelaide Island Off W coast of Antarctic Peninsula S of Cape Horn. BT Antarctica Adelaidean SE Australia
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level 3 under mining geologyO). UF closed mines SA land subsidence SA mines SA mining geology SA reclamation... W Saskatchewan. IN Index Saskatchewan or Scot¬ land as applicable. BX Saskatchewan BX Scotland SA lead-zinc...U.S. BA United States NA Columbia Kentucky Adak Island In central part of Aleutian Islands SW of Alaska...in S Anatolia. Also a city. BT Turkey BT Middle East adaptation IN Includes use on level 3 under ecologyfl)...Shelf Adelaide Island Off W coast of Antarctic Peninsula S of Cape Horn. BT Antarctica Adour Basin
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calcite and aragonite, CaCO3, α-quartz, β-quartz, tridymite, christobalite, coesite and stishovite, SiO2....by the SiO2 polymorphs α-quartz, β-quartz and tridymite, whose transformations may be either displacive...β-quartz to the even higher temperature phase tridymite, involves the total breaking of the bonds between...Si[4]O2 structures, projected onto (0001): a tridymite (space group P63/mmc), b β-quartz (P6222), c α-quartz...β-quartz, reconstructive transformation: β-quartz ↔ tridymite (see text). ● Si, 〇 oxygen (from Borchardt-Ott
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Report (issue)
classification of some authority would be the Malay Archipelago), Australia and New Zealand used with no critical...strongly upon one many, where it is from west to east), and in a rough who makes a large collection of...Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania...West Argentina. Chilo. Patagonia. Bmzil. Paraguay. East Argentina. Nigeria. Kamerun. French Kongo. Egypt...Eritrea. Somali (Aden). Abyssinia. British East Africa. Genuan East Africa. Madagascar (Reunion). Rhodesia
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---Australia ___________________________ ------Bismarck Archipelago and eastern New Guinea_ Borneo (North Borneo...______ _ Antarctic region (Balleny Islands, Ross Island, and South Shetland Islands) ______________________..._________________________________ _ ~ongolia Bismarck Archipelago and eastern New Guinea __ Borneo (North Borneo...-_--_-_--------_Antarctic region (Balleny Islands, Ross Island, and South Shetland Islands) _______ - _- __...thermal springs_________________________ Sii.o Miguel Island, Azores, showing location of thermal springs_______
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County, Utah, U.S.A., who found the first braunite. Mount Ochi, Karystos, Greece. Reinecke, T. et al. (1991):...Thompson, M.E. et al. (1956): Am. Mineral. 41, 82. Ross, M. & Evans, H.T., Jr. (1964): Am. Mineral. 49,...locality, at Akatore Creek, eastern Otago, South Island, New Zealand. H.H. Khoo In Read, P.B. & Reay, A...relationship with barytocalcite and paralstonite. Ross, CS. & Kerr, P.F. (1932): Am. Mineral. 17, |. Francis...that develops when it is heated or rubbed. Cyclops Island, Italy. Hurlbut, CJ. (1937): Geol. Foren. Stockholm
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Report (volume)
Website http://bookstore.aapg.org India Affiliated East-West Press Private Ltd, Marketing Division, G-1/16...Director of the Geological Survey of Victoria Life in Victoria Gregory’s work in Melbourne including...Zealand Major publications ‘The Foundation of British East Africa’ The Lake Eyre expedition of 1901–2: ‘The...geography textbook writing ‘The Mount Lyell Mining Field, Tasmania’ ‘The Ballarat East Gold-Field’ Gregory’s resignation...Rudolf Expedition’ to East Africa 19 Chapter 5 Gregory’s 1893 Lake Baringo & Mount Kenya Expedition: ‘The
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Pitcher for metamorphic rocks from Scotland and Ire¬ land; Professor H. H. Hess for Triassic diabases from...forms at a very late stage, often with quartz or tridymite, whereas the magnesia-rich mica phlogopite usually... Pilotaxitic texture in hypersthene andesite. Mount Rainier, Washington. Diam. 2 mm. Phenocrysts of...but most of them are intergrowths of cjuartz or tridymite with orthociase, sanidine, or sodic plagioclase...sanidine and leucite, and metastable phases such as tridymite and glass, are seldom seen in plutonic rocks,
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Journal (volume)
XLIV. Notes on a Hvpersthene Andesite from White Island. By W. A. MacLeod .. .. .. ..488-489 XLV. Notes...Conaparison of the General Mortality in New Zealand, in Victoria and New South Wales, and in England. By C. E....Poriy-five Years. By the Most Rev. Dr. Coivie 727 The Mount Cook District. By T. P. Ciieeseman, P.L.S. .. 727...Maclaren.— Crystallized Gold Phillips. — Vulcan Island, New Guinea Maechbanks. — Artesian Wells at Longburr...which was caught in 1851 by Maoris on Secretary Island, Thompson's Sound, also found its way to the British
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Report (volume)
a on INVESTIGATIONS UNDER INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS east arusnaceoabec SUMMARY ssecesseossisesssssdeseventocasetnieoke...es-aassdeacsserere eetaemeee caseeeceecnce tata east 503 nesteete 503 viseMuted-sebuvaancadneise-tac...(typically 27 mm x 46 mm and 30 um thick) or in a mount (typically a 25 mm diameter round) containing the...in the ablation chamber, perhaps in the sample mount itself, and that the contaminant was released into...decompression and water loss at Stromboli Volcano (Aeolian Island, Italy. J Petrol 42:1471-1490 Norman M, Robinson
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Tuolumne County. California, USA and in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Fine dendritic aggregates occurred...famous locality is Blaafjeld near Uivfaq on Disko Island. Greenland, where masses up to 20 tons were found... S mm. Konder. Russia Arsenic, 45 mm, Allien Island, Canada Antimony. 37 mm. New Brunswick, Arsenic...Freiberg, Germany; Cobalt, Ontario, Canada and in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. It was a principal Ag...realgar and calcite in the salt domes near High Island, Texas, USA. 43 Sperrylite, 55 mm, Talnakh,
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Book (edition)
naturally. Each of the three mineral species, quartz, tridymite and cristobalite, occurs in both high- and low-temperature...occur, that they can be identified as rutile. Tridymite is the form of Si02 stable above 870° C. At its...Tardree rhyolite, where the tridymite lines small cavities. Optically tridymite differs from quartz in its...narrow, lath-like crystals and the twinning. Tridymite is not an obvious mineral in thin sections, and...pyroxene crystals. It may be significant that both tridymite and cristobalite have lower densities and less
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Book (edition)
2000 I et I I I I CRISTOBAL/TE I I 1000 TRIDYMITE 0 500 !500 /000 ( degrees Centigrade) Temperature...naturally. Each of the three mineral species, quartz, tridymite and cristobalite, occurs in both high- and low-temperature...occur that they can be identified as rutile. ' Tridymite is the form of SiO 2 stable above 870° C. At its...occurring in the Tardree rhyolite, where the tridymite lines small cavities. Optically tridynute differs...na1Tow, lath-like crystals and the twinning. Tridymite is not an obvious mineral in thin sections, and
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Book (edition)
well known and highly prized especially in the Far East, as gemstone material obtained from localities in...naturally. Each of the three mineral species, quartz, tridymite and cristobalite, occurs in both high- and low-temperature...for comparison. 94 THE FELSIC MIN ERA LS Tridymite is the form of SiO2 stable above 870° C. At its...occurring in the Tardree rhyolite, where the tridymite lines small cavities. Optically tridy1nite differs...flux. Two phases are known: tridymite-M (a metastable form) and tridymite-S (the stable form). The former
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Amphibia: Proteus Anchialine Habitats Annelida Antarctica Appalachian Mountains, United States Arachnida...Akiyoshi-dai, Japan America, Central America, South Antarctica Appalachian Mountains, United States Asia, Central...thick in the western part, becoming thinner in the east. Superficial karst forms are developed, but caves...thick in the western part, becoming thinner in the east. Superficial karst forms are developed, but caves...diapirs, or salt domes. The Djebel Nador, in the east of the country, possesses one of the largest diapiric
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Editor-in-Chief Haraldur Sigurdsson University of Rhode Island, U.S.A. Associate Editors Bruce F. Houghton Institute...James D. L. White Claude Jaupart Seamounts and Island Building 383 Ralf Schmidt and Hans-Ulrich Schmincke...Yoshimoto Volcaniclastic Sedimentation around Island Arcs Manfred P. Hochstein and Patrick R. L. Browne...Intervention 1229 Volcaniclastic Sedimentation Around Island Arcs 627 Scoria Cones and Tuff Rings 683 Volcanism...Volcanism and Biotic Extinctions 1083 Seamounts and Island Building 383 Volcanism on Io 709 Seismic Monitoring
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Subdivisions .... 15 System in the Reliefs of the Land System in the Courses of the Earth's 30 Feature... . Foreign General Observations IV. Gondwana Land . . 867 . . 874 I. Tertiary Era . 879...Jurassic Upturning at the close of the 4. Gondw^na Land 1. 517 Climate : IIL MESOZOIC Observations...some facts respecting the condition of the sea or land at the time when it was formed, one condition originating...occur together, they enable us to people the seas or land, to our imagination, with some of the kinds of
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in Allende, Mexico). Meteorites recovered in Antarctica and the deserts of Australia and northern Africa...thought to be of the same meteorite fall, which, in Antarctica or hot deserts, may have different numbers or...mostly equigranular rocks but some (Pontlyfni and Mount Morris (Wisconsin)) contain what appear to be relic...olivine, orthopyroxene, clinopyroxene, plagioclase-tridymite glass, and phosphate (Bunch and Olsen, 1968; Bence...2000). Figure 23 (a) The type-1A mesosiderite Mount Padbury having numerous centimeter-sized silicate
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Report (volume)
be utilized as a source of geothermal energy on land. Fluid transport is a key to the formation and the...fluid phase separation in vent systems at 9°50’N East Pacific Rise (for more details see Foustoukos and...separation of seawater: Possible halite at 9 to 10°N East Pacific Rise. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 61:2849-2854...for submarine hydrothermal vent systems at 9°50’N East Pacific Rise. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 71:186-201...te KAISI30 + 1500 Crstobalite CoAlzSiz08 Tridymite 1400 - + 1400 1300 + 1300 + 1200 CaMgSi
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphic, and sedimentary samples that comprise the Mount Holyoke College geochemical standard suite. Samples...Stromboli in the Aeolian Islands), Antarctica (Mount Erebus), and the USA (Mount St. Helens plus Mauna Ulu and...occur as a consequence of global warming and diverse land use and management practices. Soil, fertilizer and...the early Miocene age Sungung copper deposit in East Azerbaijan (Iran). Three different igneous rock...Pah­ rump Hill, Marias Pass, and Bridger Basin to Mount Sharp (see Fig. 3 of Wiens et al., 2017). Igneous
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Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona 1040 East 4th Street Tucson, Arizona 85721-0077, U.S.A. rdowns@u... Kassel, Hesse C MCo Fe Greenland G2 Disko Island, Kitaa Prov. C Ult Gra, Fe, Pb, Arm, Sha, Tro...native iron in the crust, for example at Disko Island in central west Greenland, and the Urals in Russia...graphitebearing glassy Tertiary basalts on and around Disko Island, Greenland (individual iron masses > 20 tons; Nordenskiöld...rhombohedral crystals from the Home Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA
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