Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sunndal, Møre Og Romsdal, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 223235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunndal, Møre Og Romsdal, Norway": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Grøvudalen
Litjdalen
Øksendal Tunnel
Røymobekken
Sunndalen

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Ettringite	Garnet	None
Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Rhodonite	Spinel

Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Lansfordite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Thaumasite ()*

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 Cr Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Ettringite Garnet None
Not in a structural group Pyroxene Rhodonite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92000	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	92000	3250
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	92003	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	92002	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	91998,92000	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	91998,92000	1756
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92000	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	92002	8173
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	91997	741
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	92000	341
Lansfordite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·5H₂O	1	92000	17
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	92001	1271
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	92000	80
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	91999	1214
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	92001	183

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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