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Locality Name:
Hortavær, Leka, Trøndelag, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 106439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hortavær, Leka, Trøndelag, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aegirine Locality
Store Måsøy

Latitude: 65°12'26"N
Longitude: 11°26'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.207222222222,11.436666666667
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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteClayCorundumNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneStilpnomelaneVesuvianite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61942721022
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61942722060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19427227770
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181942731008
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31942725433
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219427239462
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51942731516
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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