Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Southern Peninsula, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 253362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Peninsula, Iceland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grindavíkurbær
Reykjanesbær

Latitude: 63°58'12"N
Longitude: 22°23'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.97,-22.386111111111

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	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Halotrichite
Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Sulphur

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mordenite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Halotrichite
Mordenite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Spinel Sulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	65903	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	65902,65904	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	65903,65904	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	65902	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	65906	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	65902,65904	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	65902	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	65902,65903,65904,65906	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	65906	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	65902,65906	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	65904	4924
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	65903,65904	405
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	65904	265
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	65902	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	65902,65904	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	65902,65903,65904	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	65903,65904	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	65904	2045
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	65903	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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