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Locality Name:
Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 233257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chloritoid Occurrences
Pinkie Unit
Vestlefingern

Latitude: 78°41'32"N
Longitude: 10°58'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 78.692222222222,10.981666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzStauroliteStilpnomelane

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2293522,935243419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)293522,935248803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19352427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2293522,93523376
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1935221025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21935249895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1935248173
Graphite  (*)NoneC1935242812
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41935231507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393522,93523,9352417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2293522,9352439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2193522771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81935229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2293522,9352461156
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)193523978
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O193522456
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2293522,935242562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1935221025



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