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:
Flakstad, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 222514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flakstad, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Flakstadøya Island

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Spinel

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Halite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	92266	8803
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92266	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	92266	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92266	54
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	92266	1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	92266	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	92266	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	92266	139
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	92266	61156
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	92266	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-153	Nusfjord, Flakstadøya Island, Flakstad, Lofoten, Nordland, Norway	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-153

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