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:
Meløyfjorden, Meløy, Nordland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 236497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meløyfjorden, Meløy, Nordland, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grønøy

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	Beryl	Clay	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Staurolite
Zircon

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 Be Fe H K Mg O Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Clay Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Staurolite
Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anthophyllite ()*	Beryl ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	92293	718
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	92294	4286
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	92293	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92294	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	92293	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	92293,92294	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	92293	129
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	92293	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	92293	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	92294	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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