Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Sog Valley, Trolladyngja, Grindavíkurbær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 122426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122426.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Extension (MORB)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sog Valley, Trolladyngja, Grindavíkurbær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°56'17"N
Longitude: 22°6'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.938055555556,-22.104166666667

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Halotrichite	Mordenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sulphur

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 K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Halotrichite Mordenite None Pyrite Quartz
Sulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Microcline ()*
Mordenite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	405
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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