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Locality Name:
Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 11291
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11291.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Finnøya
Innhavet
Kråkmo
Lagmannsvik
Rekvatn
Slunkajavrre
Tiltvika

Latitude: 67°54'32"N
Longitude: 15°51'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.908888888889,15.854166666667

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 As Au B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Th Ti U Y Yb Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousApatiteArsenopyriteBastnäsiteBerylCeriteChabaziteClayColumbite
CopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteMonazite
NoneNot in a structural groupOkanoganitePhenakitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRutileSpinelStaurolite
StilbiteTengeriteTitaniteTourmalineWollastoniteZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Aluminocerite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)Britholite-(Y)  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Dravite  (*)Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorbritholite-(Y)  (*)Fluorcalciobritholite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gold  (*)
Hundholmenite-(Y)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Petscheckite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Tengerite-(Y)  (*)Thalénite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Xenotime-(Yb)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)392219,92222,922258803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)292219,92225706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31922292353
Aluminocerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce6Ca3)   Al(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)31922258
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1922249052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)292223,92228161
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F292219,92225304
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181922194286
Britholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)292224,9222528
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O192219310
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6192230518
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)192227648
Ferriallanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Fe3+AlFe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)19221928
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F292224,922252740
Fluorbritholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3F292224,922257
Fluorcalciobritholite  (*)Apatite(Ca,REE)5(SiO4,PO4)3F1922246
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2492219,92221,92224,922259617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2292219,92225163
Gold  (*)CopperAu19222830554
Hundholmenite-(Y)  (*)Okanoganite(Y,REE,Ca,Na)15(Al,Fe3+)CaxAs3+1-x(Si,As5+)Si6B3(O,F)481922255
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31922195433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O392219,92224,9222599
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41922271507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4292219,9222814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1922194924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2292219,922255800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)292219,92225945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2392222,92224,9222517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1922192994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O192219144
Petscheckite  (*)NoneU4+Fe2+Nb2O8292219,922304
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)192219326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219222539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2592219,92222,92224,92225,9222761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21922195614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8192219353
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O192220128
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)192226978
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O192219268
Tengerite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteY2(CO3)3·2-3H2O292224,9222524
Thalénite-(Y)  (*)NoneY3Si3O10F19222526
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1922191006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O292219,922244899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21922192718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O192219890
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31922281247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)292219,92224939
Xenotime-(Yb)  (*)ZirconYb(PO4)1922194
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1922195251



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