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Locality Name:
Grindavíkurbær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland


mindat Locality ID: 309752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grindavíkurbær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Krysuvik Volcano
Svartsengi Power Station
Trolladyngja

Latitude: 63°54'55"N
Longitude: 22°12'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.915277777778,-22.212222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparHalotrichiteMordeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzSpinelSulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Wairakite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21659033419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)265902,659048803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O265903,659041627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1659021588
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)265902,6590427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216590227198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)365902,65903,659048173
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416590214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1659044924
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O265903,65904405
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O165904265
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21659021898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2265902,6590439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2365902,65903,6590461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)265903,659046417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1659042045
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O16590373



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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