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:
Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 193222
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193222.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alstahaug, Nordland, Norway": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sandnessjøen

Latitude: 66°0'17"N
Longitude: 12°38'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.004722222222,12.644166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Beryl	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fluor-liddicoatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	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 As B Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O S Si Sn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Axinite Beryl Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Staurolite Tourmaline Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	92046,92053	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92051	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	92053	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	92054	260
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	92053	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	92045,92047,92052	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	92053	5171
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	92047	1025
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	92053	520
Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Tourmaline	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	92053	12
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	92053	9617
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	92050	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	92053	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	92047	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	92046,92047,92053	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	92053	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92053	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	92053	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	92049	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	92053	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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