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:
Älvdalen, Dalarna County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 16878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Älvdalen, Dalarna County, Sweden": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Idre
Särna
Storharn Mine

Latitude: 61°37'55"N
Longitude: 13°7'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.631944444444,13.128611111111

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.

Allanite	Analcime	Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Analcime ()*
Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Haüyne ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Pectolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Analcime Apatite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Natrolite None Pectolite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Titanite Tridymite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	3	111199,111202,111205	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	111205	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111205	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	111205	706
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	111205	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	111199,111200,111203	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	2	111202,111205	232
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	111206	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	111205	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	111205	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	111206	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	111200,111206	24243
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	2	111202,111205	158
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	111199,111202,111205	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	111202,111205	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	111199	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	3	111199,111202,111205	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	2	111202,111205	75
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	111202,111205	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	111205	39462
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	111199	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	111200,111206	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	111204	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	111199,111202,111205	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	111199,111202	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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