Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Altermark Area, Rana, Nordland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 211019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altermark Area, Rana, Nordland, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Altermark Talc Mine

Latitude: 66°19'28"N
Longitude: 13°58'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.324444444444,13.983055555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Olivine	Quartz	Spinel
Talc	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Clay Garnet Mica None Olivine Quartz Spinel
Talc Tourmaline

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92315	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92315	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92315	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	92315	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	92315	203
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	92315	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	92315	648
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	92315	1188
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	92315	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	92315	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92315	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	92315	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92315	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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