Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Haugar, Borgarbyggð, Western Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 208008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haugar, Borgarbyggð, Western Region, Iceland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Quarry Near Borgir
Route 1 Road Cut

Latitude: 64°41'29"N
Longitude: 21°38'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.691388888889,-21.645833333333

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.

Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group

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 H Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Natrolite None Not in a structural group

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	65935	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	65934	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	65935	1236

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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