Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hvalstöðin (Hvalstöd), Hvalfjörður, Hvalfjarðarsveit, Western Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 1988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hvalstöðin (Hvalstöd), Hvalfjörður, Hvalfjarðarsveit, Western Region, Iceland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 64°23'39"N
Longitude: 21°26'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.394166666667,-21.438055555556

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.

Calcite	Ilvaite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 C Ca Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Ilvaite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	138
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	197
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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