Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vestpolltind, Lødingen, Nordland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 309920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vestpolltind, Lødingen, Nordland, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grandidierite Occurrence
Vestpolltind Iron Deposit

Latitude: 68°30'33"N
Longitude: 15°36'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.509166666667,15.602222222222

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.

Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile	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 B Fe H K Mg Mn O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica None Quartz Rutile Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Corundum ()*	Grandidierite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jacobsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92281	2353
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	92281	1797
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	1	92280	40
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	92281	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	92280,92281	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	92281	172
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	92281	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92281	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	92280	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	92280,92281	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	92280	5614
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	92281	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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