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:
Fljótsdalshérað, Eastern Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 308240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fljótsdalshérað, Eastern Region, Iceland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Breiðdalsheidi
Fagridalur
Thingmuli

Latitude: 65°1'5"N
Longitude: 14°30'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.018055555556,-14.5125

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	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Gismondine	Gyrolite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

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 Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Chlorite Clay Corundum Gismondine Gyrolite None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*
Gismondine ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	65841	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	65843	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	65843	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	65843	1756
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	1	65842	66
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	65842	128
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	65841	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	65843	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	65843	14899
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	65843	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	65841	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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