Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Foxe Pegmatite Field, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

mindat Locality ID: 259694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Foxe Pegmatite Field, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
PLEX Pegmatite

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	None	Quartz	Tourmaline
Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	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 As B Be Ca Fe H K Mn Na Nb O Si U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Löllingite Mica None Quartz Tourmaline
Zircon

14 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	31404	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	31404	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	31404	4286
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	31404	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	31404	289
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	31404	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	31404	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	31404	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	31404	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	31404	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	31404	1153
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	31404	1214
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	31404	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	31404	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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