Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 308243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-308243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grímsvötn

Latitude: 64°25'0"N
Longitude: 17°19'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.416666666667,-17.322222222222

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	Clay	Feldspar	Gyrolite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Clay Feldspar Gyrolite None Olivine Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Saponite ()*	Tungusite ()*
Wairakite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	65928	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	65928	2060
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	65928	371
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	65928	301
Tungusite ()*	Gyrolite	Ca₁₄Fe²⁺₉Si₂₄O₆₀(OH)₂₂	1	65928	7
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	65928	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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