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:
Meløy, Nordland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 48968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meløy, Nordland, Norway": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Glomfjord
Holandsfjord
Meløyfjorden
Svartisen Tunnel

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

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Bismutite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Hureaulite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Sapphirine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chesterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluor-liddicoatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Jimthompsonite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lithiophilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rossmanite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Schorl ()*	Sicklerite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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:
Amphibole Beryl Bismutite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Hureaulite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Sapphirine Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	92289	8803
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92293	718
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	92287,92289,92294	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	92289	716
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	92289	5171
Chesterite ()*	None	Mg₁₇Si₂₀O₅₄(OH)₆	1	92286	9
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	92289	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	92289	181
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	92289	31
Fluor-liddicoatite ()*	Tourmaline	Ca(Li₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	92289	12
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	92289	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	92291	2812
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	92289	237
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	92289	125
Jimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂	1	92286	10
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	92293	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	92289,92295	1271
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	92289	155
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	92287,92289,92294	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	92293	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92295	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	92291	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	92291	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	92287,92289,92290,92291,92293,92294	61156
Rossmanite ()*	Tourmaline	(Al₂Li)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	92289	37
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	92291,92295	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	92293	129
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	92289	2705
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	92289	66
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	92290	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92289	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	92291	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	92291,92293	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	92289	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	92293	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	92295	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	92291	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	92289	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	92289,92294	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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