Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Nordre Holmevatnet, Tromsø, Troms, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 453.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 450.4

mindat Locality ID: 271180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nordre Holmevatnet, Tromsø, Troms, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 69°43'14"N
Longitude: 19°17'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.720555555556,19.294444444444

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	Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Sapphirine	Spinel	Staurolite	Zircon

Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Spinel ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 F Fe H K Li Mg O P S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg O P S Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Clay Corundum Epidote Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Sapphirine Spinel Staurolite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	453.8	450.4	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	453.8	450.4	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	453.8	450.4	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	453.8	450.4	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	453.8	450.4	2740
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	453.8	450.4	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	453.8	450.4	238
Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Staurolite	Mg(Mg,Li)₃(Al,Mg)₁₈Si₈O₄₄(OH)₄	453.8	450.4	7
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	453.8	450.4	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	453.8	450.4	9056
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	453.8	450.4	129
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	453.8	450.4	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	453.8	450.4	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	453.8	450.4	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0178	453.8	450.4	452.1±1.7	U-Pb	Age of UHP metamorphism		zircon				Zircon	Corundum, Kyanite, Magnesiostaurolite		271180	Nordre Holmevatnet, Tromsø, Troms, Norway	Tromsø Nappe	Corfu et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00410-003-0466-x	CMP145_502

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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