Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fimmvörðuháls Eruption Site, Rangárþing Eystra, Southern Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 220377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fimmvörðuháls Eruption Site, Rangárþing Eystra, Southern Region, Iceland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°37'53"N
Longitude: 19°26'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.631388888889,-19.446944444444

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.

Aphthitalite	Chalcanthite	Chukhrovite	Corundum	Hexahydrite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Roselite
Sulphur	Tamarugite

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Jakobssonite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kröhnkite ()*
Löweite ()*	Meniaylovite ()*	Mercallite ()*	Metathénardite ()*	Pentahydrite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Vanthoffite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Chalcanthite Chukhrovite Corundum Hexahydrite None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore Rocksalt Roselite
Sulphur Tamarugite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	77
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	56
Jakobssonite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAlF₅	4
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	50
Kröhnkite ()*	Roselite	Na₂Cu(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	27
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	28
Meniaylovite ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₄AlSi(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	7
Mercallite ()*	None	KH(SO₄)	3
Metathénardite ()*	Aphthitalite	Na₂(SO₄)	4
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	32
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	87
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	16

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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