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Locality Name:
Holandsfjord, Meløy, Nordland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 48967
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48967.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holandsfjord, Meløy, Nordland, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ågskardet
Engabreen (Enga Glacier)
Rendalsvik Graphite Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 B Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBismutiteCancrinite-sodaliteChloriteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHureaulite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSodalite
SphaleriteSpinelTourmalineZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Cookeite  (*)Fluor-elbaite  (*)Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rossmanite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1922898803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181922894286
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)192289716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21922895171
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6192289289
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8192289181
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F19228931
Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)TourmalineCa(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F19228912
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21922899617
Graphite  (*)NoneC1922912812
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S192289237
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O192289125
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1922891271
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)192289155
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219228917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219229139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81922919056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2392289,92290,9229161156
Rossmanite  (*)Tourmaline   (Al2Li)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)19228937
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21922915614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1922892705
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)19228966
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51922901516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31922891214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19229121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41922911934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6192289688
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21922912718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)192289939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1922895251



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