Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 285587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Skoddefjellet

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.

Acanthite	Allanite	Apatite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Parisite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Thortveitite	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Epidote ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Keiviite-(Y) ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Spessartine ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Ag Al Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allanite Apatite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Mica Monazite None Parisite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Thortveitite Titanite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	93535	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	93535	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	93535	706
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	93535	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	93535	304
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	93535	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	93535	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	93535	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	93535	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	93535	289
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	93535	8173
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	1	93535	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	93535	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	93535	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	93535	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	93535	1544
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1	93535	55
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	93535	5433
Keiviite-(Y) ()*	Thortveitite	Y₂Si₂O₇	1	93535	13
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	93535	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	93535	17380
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	93535	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93535	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	93535	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	93535	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	93535	1214
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	93535	232
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	93535	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	93535	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	93535	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	93535	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	93535	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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