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Locality Name:
Northeastern Region, Iceland


mindat Locality ID: 245592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northeastern Region, Iceland": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Akureyrarkaupstaður
Dalvíkurbyggð
Eyjafjarðarsveit
Eyjafjörður
Fjallabyggð
Grýtubakkahreppur
Hörgársveit
Norðurþing
Skútustaðahreppur
Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur
Tjörneshreppur
Þingeyjarsveit

Latitude: 65°51'42"N
Longitude: 18°5'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.861666666667,-18.083333333333

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeBaryteCalciteChukhroviteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCorundum
CristobaliteDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteGarnetGypsumGyroliteHalotrichiteKaoliniteKhademite
KieseriteMordeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelStarkeyiteStilbiteSulphurThomsoniteTridymiteWollastonite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cowlesite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Meniaylovite  (*)Merlinoite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Natroalunite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Rostite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tridymite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wairakite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
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)21658793419
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6165879966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O165879272
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O665861,65869,65872,65879,65882,658881627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21658792162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31658791534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1658791588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16587911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)365872,65879,6588227770
Cowlesite  (*)NoneCa(Al2Si3)O10·5-6H2O16586984
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2265878,65879453
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1658798173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O265872,65882138
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O165879484
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O16587941
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1658797437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1658796890
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O165872142
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O165879409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316587914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61658792228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4265879,658805591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O365879,65882,658881271
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4165879229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416587914899
Meniaylovite  (*)ChukhroviteCa4AlSi(SO4)F13·12H2O1658797
Merlinoite  (*)NoneK5Ca2(Si23Al9)O64·24H2O16588517
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O565866,65872,65879,65882,65888425
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1658791508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O265879,65882405
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6165879128
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6165879254
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21658791898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2365872,65879,6588239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81658799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2365879,65882,6588861156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O16587953
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS16587922
Rostite  (*)KhademiteAl(SO4)(OH)·5H2O16587910
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O165879293
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O165879390
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O16587979
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O165879189
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS265879,658802045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O165879139
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O165869452
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2165878458
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O165879301
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O16587973
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31658791247



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