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Locality Name:
Capital Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 253364
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253364.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capital Region, Iceland": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hafnarfjörður
Kjósarhreppur
Mosfellsbær
Reykjavik

Latitude: 64°8'15"N
Longitude: 21°46'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.1375,-21.775833333333

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.

Analcime	Brochantite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gismondine	Gypsum
Gyrolite	Halotrichite	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Lévyne	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Smectite-vermiculite	Stilbite	Sulphur	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Covellite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*
Gismondine ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*
Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Okenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Sulphur ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

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 Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Brochantite Calcite Chabazite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gismondine Gypsum
Gyrolite Halotrichite Heulandite Kaolinite Lévyne Mica Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Smectite-vermiculite Stilbite Sulphur Thomsonite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	6	65762,65764,65765,65768,65770,65776	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	65760	2162
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	65762	161
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	65760	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	65762,65764,65765,65766,65776	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	65762	309
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	6	65762,65764,65765,65767,65768,65770	310
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	65760	4165
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	65762	84
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	1	65762	66
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	65762	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	65760	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	65760	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	65762	142
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	65760	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	65760	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	3	65762,65764,65765	246
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	65760	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	4	65762,65765,65766,65768	1271
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	3	65762,65764,65770	42
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	5	65762,65764,65765,65767,65768	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	65760	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	65762	405
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	65762	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	65760	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	65762,65765,65766,65776	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	65762	390
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	65762,65766	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	4	65762,65764,65765,65768	268
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	65760	2045
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	65764,65767,65768	452
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	2	65762,65766	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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