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Locality Name:
Hvalfjörður, Kjósarhreppur, Capital Region, Iceland


mindat Locality ID: 1987
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1987.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hvalfjörður, Kjósarhreppur, Capital Region, Iceland": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Eilífsdalur
Eyrarfjall Mountain
Hvalfjarðareyri (Hvaleyri)
Hvammsvik
Mulafjall Mountain
Reynivallaháls

Latitude: 64°20'36"N
Longitude: 21°35'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.343333333333,-21.595833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteChabaziteClayGismondineGyroliteHeulanditeLévyneMicaMordenite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRhodoniteStilbiteThomsonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Cowlesite  (*)Garronite-Ca  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Mesolite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Okenite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Yugawaralite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O465764,65765,65768,657701627
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)0161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)365764,65765,6576627770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O565764,65765,65767,65768,65770310
Cowlesite  (*)NoneCa(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O084
Garronite-Ca  (*)GismondineCa3(Al6Si10O32)·14H2O066
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0128
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O0142
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O265764,65765246
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O365765,65766,657681271
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O265764,6577042
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O465764,65765,65767,65768425
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O0405
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O071
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2265765,6576661156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O165766189
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O365764,65765,65768268
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O365764,65767,65768452
Yugawaralite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O16576633


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