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Locality Name:
Hekla, Rangárþing Ytra, Southern Region, Iceland


mindat Locality ID: 1985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hekla, Rangárþing Ytra, Southern Region, Iceland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°59'36"N
Longitude: 19°39'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.993333333333,-19.663055555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
MalladriteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyrochloreRosenbergiteWeberite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Heklaite  (*)Hieratite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Jakobssonite  (*)Leonardsenite  (*)
Malladrite  (*)Oskarssonite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Topsøeite  (*)Verneite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Heklaite  (*)NoneKNaSiF603
Hieratite  (*)NoneK2SiF607
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)056
Jakobssonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAlF504
Leonardsenite  (*)WeberiteMgAlF5·2H2O06
Malladrite  (*)MalladriteNa2SiF604
Oskarssonite  (*)PerovskiteAlF303
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl0105
Topsøeite  (*)RosenbergiteFeF3(H2O)301
Verneite  (*)NoneNa2Ca3Al2F1403



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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