Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Eastern Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 253358
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253358.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Region, Iceland": 111
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 72

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Borgarfjarðarhreppur
Breiðdalur- Berufjörður Area
Djúpavogshreppur
Fjarðabyggð
Fljótsdalshérað
Hornafjörður
Seyðisfjörður
Vopnafjarðarhreppur

Latitude: 64°58'14"N
Longitude: 14°36'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.970555555556,-14.613055555556

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Gismondine	Gyrolite	Heulandite	Lévyne	Malachite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite
Thomsonite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Galena ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*
Gismondine ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Okenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*
Wairakite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Gismondine Gyrolite Heulandite Lévyne Malachite Mica Mordenite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite
Thomsonite Titanite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	65797	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	18	65781,65788,65789,65793,65794,65796,65798,65801,65815,65821,65822,65824,65828,65833,65837,65841,65853,65854	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	65830	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	65781	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	65830,65843	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	65781,65789,65792,65797,65813,65818,65824,65827,65828,65829,65851,65853	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	65781,65786,65787,65797	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	65848	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	65843	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	65843	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	65848	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	65781,65830	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	6	65781,65789,65792,65797,65800,65824	138
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	65848	24243
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	23	65781,65790,65791,65793,65794,65796,65806,65814,65815,65816,65817,65819,65822,65826,65829,65832,65833,65836,65837,65842,65854,65855,65856	66
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	8	65781,65814,65816,65819,65826,65829,65832,65842	128
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	5	65781,65789,65824,65833,65841	142
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	65797	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	65843	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	8	65781,65797,65801,65813,65824,65827,65828,65830	1271
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	1	65787	42
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	65843	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	65848	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	22	65781,65788,65789,65792,65796,65801,65804,65807,65808,65813,65814,65817,65818,65821,65822,65824,65826,65828,65829,65833,65837,65854	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	10	65781,65789,65795,65797,65801,65807,65813,65824,65830,65853	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	65830	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	65780,65787	1236
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	65781	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	65781	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	65824	2349
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	65843	303
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	65830	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	65848	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	65781,65784,65787,65792,65797,65798,65800,65805,65810,65811,65813,65818,65824,65827,65828,65830,65831,65834,65841,65848	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	65848	454
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	7	65781,65789,65797,65800,65804,65811,65824	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	65848	21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	3	65781,65797,65824	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	65821	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	65830	4899
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	65830	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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