Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Jan Mayen Island, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 189290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jan Mayen Island, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Beerenberg Volcano

Latitude: 71°5'19"N
Longitude: 8°9'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 71.088611111111,-8.1644444444444

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.

Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Ca Fe Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Feldspar None Pyroxene Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Diopside ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	91897	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	91897	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	91897	1036
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	91897	4135
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	91897	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	91897	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	91897	14899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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