Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Krafla Volcano, Myvatn, Skútustaðahreppur, Northeastern Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 30024
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30024.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Krafla Volcano, Myvatn, Skútustaðahreppur, Northeastern Region, Iceland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°42'59"N
Longitude: 16°45'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.716388888889,-16.751666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chukhrovite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Corundum
Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Khademite	Kieserite
Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Starkeyite	Stilbite	Sulphur	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meniaylovite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Rostite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Szomolnokite ()*	Variscite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Chukhrovite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Corundum
Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Khademite Kieserite
Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Starkeyite Stilbite Sulphur Wollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	41
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Meniaylovite ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₄AlSi(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	7
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	405
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	254
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	53
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	22
Rostite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	10
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	293
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	79
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	189
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	139
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	73
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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