Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vestmannaeyjar Archipelago (Westman Islands), Vestmannaeyjar, Southern Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 180791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vestmannaeyjar Archipelago (Westman Islands), Vestmannaeyjar, Southern Region, Iceland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Heimaey Island
Surtsey Island

Latitude: 63°21'58"N
Longitude: 20°24'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.366111111111,-20.415833333333

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	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Blödite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chukhrovite	Corundum	Cristobalite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kieserite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrochlore	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rosenbergite
Spinel	Sulphur	Tamarugite	Tobermorite	Weberite	Zinkosite

Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Bassanite ()*
Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Chessexite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Cryptohalite ()*	Eldfellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galeite ()*
Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*
Jakobssonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Leonardsenite ()*
Löweite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meniaylovite ()*	Metathénardite ()*	Opal ()*
Oskarssonite ()*	Rosenbergite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*
Tamarugite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Thomsenolite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Vanthoffite ()*
Verneite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Aphthitalite Blödite Calcite Carnallite Chukhrovite Corundum Cristobalite
Fluorite Gypsum Kieserite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrochlore Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rosenbergite
Spinel Sulphur Tamarugite Tobermorite Weberite Zinkosite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	65926	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	65924	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	65924,65926	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	2	65924,65926	77
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	65924	82
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	65926	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	65926	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	65926	132
Chessexite ()*	None	Na₄Ca₂Mg₃Al₈(SiO₄)₂(SO₄)₁₀(OH)₁₀·40H₂O	1	65924	2
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	65924	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	65924	453
Cryptohalite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂SiF₆	1	65924	14
Eldfellite ()*	Zinkosite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂	1	65924	2
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	65926	9617
Galeite ()*	None	Na₁₅(SO₄)₅ClF₄	1	65926	3
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	2	65924,65926	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	65924,65926	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	65924,65926	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	65924	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	2	65924,65926	56
Jakobssonite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAlF₅	1	65924	4
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	65924	2228
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	65926	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	65926	80
Leonardsenite ()*	Weberite	MgAlF₅·2H₂O	1	65924	6
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	65926	28
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	65923	14899
Meniaylovite ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₄AlSi(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	2	65924,65925	7
Metathénardite ()*	Aphthitalite	Na₂(SO₄)	1	65924	4
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	65924,65926	2994
Oskarssonite ()*	Perovskite	AlF₃	1	65924	3
Rosenbergite ()*	Rosenbergite	AlF[F_0.5(H₂O)_0.5]₄·H₂O	1	65924	4
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	65924	105
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	65926	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	65924	275
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	65924	87
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	65924,65926	299
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	1	65924	23
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	65926	114
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	1	65924	16
Verneite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₃Al₂F₁₄	1	65924	3
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	1	65926	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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