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:
Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 145787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iceland": 247
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 140

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Capital Region
Eastern Region
Northeastern Region
Northwestern Region
Southern Peninsula
Southern Region
Vatnajökull Glacier
Vatnajökull National Park
Western Region
Westfjords

Latitude: 64°49'16"N
Longitude: 19°46'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.821111111111,-19.779444444444

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Baryte	Blödite	Brochantite	Calcite
Carnallite	Chabazite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chukhrovite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Corundum
Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gismondine	Gypsum
Gyrolite	Halotrichite	Heulandite	Hexahydrite	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Khademite	Kieserite	Lévyne	Malachite
Malladrite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Roselite	Rosenbergite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stilbite	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Tridymite
Weberite	Wollastonite	Zinkosite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Fe H O Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aphthitalite Aragonite Baryte Blödite Brochantite Calcite
Carnallite Chabazite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chukhrovite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Corundum
Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gismondine Gypsum
Gyrolite Halotrichite Heulandite Hexahydrite Ilvaite Kaolinite Khademite Kieserite Lévyne Malachite
Malladrite Mica Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rhabdophane Rhodonite Rocksalt Roselite Rosenbergite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stilbite Sulphur Tamarugite Thomsonite Titanite Tobermorite Tridymite
Weberite Wollastonite Zinkosite

127 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*
Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*
Blödite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Cavansite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chessexite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Cryptohalite ()*	Eldfellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galeite ()*	Galena ()*
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Gyrolite ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Heklaite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hieratite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Jakobssonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kieserite ()*	Kröhnkite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leonardsenite ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*
Löweite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Malladrite ()*
Meniaylovite ()*	Mercallite ()*	Merlinoite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Metathénardite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molysite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Okenite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Oskarssonite ()*	Pentahydrite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhomboclase ()*
Rosasite ()*	Rosenbergite ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Rostite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Salammoniac ()*	Saponite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Starkeyite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*
Szomolnokite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Thomsenolite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Topsøeite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tungusite ()*
Vanthoffite ()*	Variscite ()*	Verneite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Xonotlite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	65879,65903	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	65919	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	65797,65902,65904,65928	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	65879	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	65879	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	38	65762,65764,65765,65768,65770,65776,65781,65788,65789,65793,65794,65796,65798,65801,65815,65821,65822,65824,65828,65833,65837,65841,65853,65854,65861,65869,65872,65879,65882,65888,65891,65892,65903,65904,65926,65938,65953,65991	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	65760,65879,65924	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	65879	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	6	65830,65879,65902,65915,65924,65926	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	3	65915,65924,65926	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	65781,65972	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	65830,65843,65928	2060
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	65762	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	65879,65906	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	65924	82
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	65926	130
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	65760	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	31	65762,65764,65765,65766,65776,65781,65789,65792,65797,65813,65818,65824,65827,65828,65829,65851,65853,65872,65879,65882,65896,65902,65904,65926,65948,65954,65980,65982,65984,65987,65991	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	65926	132
Cavansite ()*	None	Ca(V⁴⁺O)(Si₄O₁₀)·4H₂O	0		14
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6	65762,65781,65786,65787,65797,65892	309
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	6	65762,65764,65765,65767,65768,65770	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	65848,65902	27198
Chessexite ()*	None	Na₄Ca₂Mg₃Al₈(SiO₄)₂(SO₄)₁₀(OH)₁₀·40H₂O	1	65924	2
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	65843	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	65843	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	65924	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	65760,65848	4165
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	5	65762,65869,65938,65965,65993	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	3	65878,65879,65924	453
Cryptohalite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂SiF₆	1	65924	14
Eldfellite ()*	Zinkosite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂	1	65924	2
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	65781,65830,65879,65896,65902,65903,65904,65906	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	11	65781,65789,65792,65797,65800,65824,65872,65882,65942,65954,65956	138
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	65879	484
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	65928	371
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	65879	41
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	65926	9617
Galeite ()*	None	Na₁₅(SO₄)₅ClF₄	1	65926	3
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	65848	24243
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	25	65762,65781,65790,65791,65793,65794,65796,65806,65814,65815,65816,65817,65819,65822,65826,65829,65832,65833,65836,65837,65842,65854,65855,65856,65993	66
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	9	65762,65781,65814,65816,65819,65826,65829,65832,65842	128
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	3	65915,65924,65926	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	65760,65879	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	65760,65879,65924,65926	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	8	65762,65781,65789,65824,65833,65841,65872,65953	142
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	65915,65924,65926	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2	65760,65879	409
Heklaite ()*	None	KNaSiF₆	1	65918	3
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	65760,65879,65906,65915,65924	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	4	65762,65764,65765,65797	246
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	65915	251
Hieratite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	1	65918	7
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	4	65915,65918,65924,65926	56
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	65843	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	65954	197
Jakobssonite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAlF₅	3	65915,65918,65924	4
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	65879,65924	2228
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	2	65915,65926	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	65760,65879,65880	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	65926	80
Kröhnkite ()*	Roselite	Na₂Cu(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	65915	27
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	17	65762,65765,65766,65768,65781,65797,65801,65813,65824,65827,65828,65830,65879,65882,65888,65935,65954	1271
Leonardsenite ()*	Weberite	MgAlF₅·2H₂O	2	65918,65924	6
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	8	65762,65764,65770,65787,65937,65938,65976,65995	42
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	2	65915,65926	28
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	65879	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	65843,65879,65902,65906,65923,65999	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	65848	12537
Malladrite ()*	Malladrite	Na₂SiF₆	1	65918	4
Meniaylovite ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₄AlSi(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	4	65879,65915,65924,65925	7
Mercallite ()*	None	KH(SO₄)	1	65915	3
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	1	65885	17
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	41	65762,65764,65765,65767,65768,65781,65788,65789,65792,65796,65801,65804,65807,65808,65813,65814,65817,65818,65821,65822,65824,65826,65828,65829,65833,65837,65854,65866,65872,65879,65882,65888,65898,65934,65938,65944,65947,65953,65955,65982,65991	425
Metathénardite ()*	Aphthitalite	Na₂(SO₄)	2	65915,65924	4
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	65904	4924
Molysite ()*	None	FeCl₃	0		12
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	65760,65879	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	16	65762,65781,65789,65795,65797,65801,65807,65813,65824,65830,65853,65879,65882,65903,65904,65959	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	65830	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	65879	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	65879	254
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	4	65780,65787,65935,65943	1236
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	2	65762,65781	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	65781,65910,65924,65926	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	65824	2349
Oskarssonite ()*	Perovskite	AlF₃	2	65918,65924	3
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	65915	32
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	65904	265
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	65843	303
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	65830,65879,65896,65902	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	65760,65848,65872,65879,65882,65902,65904,65954	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	65879	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38	65762,65765,65766,65776,65781,65784,65787,65792,65797,65798,65800,65805,65810,65811,65813,65818,65824,65827,65828,65830,65831,65834,65841,65848,65879,65882,65888,65896,65898,65902,65903,65904,65942,65948,65951,65954,65973,65987	61156
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	65879	53
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	65848	454
Rosenbergite ()*	Rosenbergite	AlF[F_0.5(H₂O)_0.5]₄·H₂O	1	65924	4
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	1	65879	22
Rostite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	65879	10
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	65879	293
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	2	65918,65924	105
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	65928	301
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	14	65762,65781,65789,65797,65800,65804,65811,65824,65879,65898,65943,65944,65954,65962	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	65903,65904,65948	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	65848	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	65879	79
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	3	65762,65766,65879	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	7	65762,65764,65765,65768,65781,65797,65824	268
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	6	65760,65879,65880,65904,65915,65926	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	65924	275
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	65879	139
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	65915,65924	87
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	3	65915,65924,65926	299
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	1	65924	23
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	10	65764,65767,65768,65821,65869,65891,65892,65975,66001,66003	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	65830	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	65926	114
Topsøeite ()*	Rosenbergite	FeF₃(H₂O)₃	1	65918	1
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	65878	458
Tungusite ()*	Gyrolite	Ca₁₄Fe²⁺₉Si₂₄O₆₀(OH)₂₂	1	65928	7
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	2	65915,65924	16
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	65879	301
Verneite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₃Al₂F₁₄	2	65918,65924	3
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	4	65830,65879,65903,65928	73
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	65879	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	65926	109
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	5	65762,65766,65943,65954,65961	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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