Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tromsø, Troms, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 453.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 450.4

mindat Locality ID: 51586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tromsø, Troms, Norway": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Breivika Tunnel
Kroken
Kvaløya
Lunheim Quarry
Nakkefjell
Nordfjellet
Nordre Holmevatnet
Tromsdalstind
Tromsøya
Tromsøysund Tunnel (Tromsø Tunnel)

Latitude: 69°39'58"N
Longitude: 19°6'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.666111111111,19.1025

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	Apatite	Baotite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite	Mica	Millerite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Stilbite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	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 As B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baotite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Heulandite Mica Millerite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Stilbite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Baotite ()*
Baryte ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorotetraferriphlogopite ()*	Galena ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*
Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Violarite ()*	Yangzhumingite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			2	94211,94212	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	94217,94219	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	453.8	450.4	1	94218	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	94215	1036
Baotite ()*	Baotite	Ba₄(Ti,Nb,W)₈O₁₆(SiO₃)₄Cl			3	94211,94212,94213	27
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	94211,94212,94213	11547
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	94207	92
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	453.8	450.4	1	94218	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	94210	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	94217	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	453.8	450.4	4	94206,94217,94218,94219	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	94217	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	453.8	450.4	2	94218,94219	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	94207	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	94214	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	94214	414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	453.8	450.4	2	94212,94218	2740
Fluorotetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃Fe³⁺Si₃O₁₀F₂			2	94212,94213	3
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	94210	24243
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	94210	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	94214	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	94208	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	94210,94214,94216	5433
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O			1	94214	198
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	453.8	450.4	3	94207,94218,94219	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	94215	1271
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	453.8	450.4	1	94218	238
Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Staurolite	Mg(Mg,Li)₃(Al,Mg)₁₈Si₈O₄₄(OH)₄	453.8	450.4	1	94218	7
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	94210,94214	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂			1	94217	168
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	94210	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	94216,94217	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	94215	1236
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	94219	229
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	94211,94212	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	94210	767
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	94217	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	94217	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	94210	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	453.8	450.4	4	94211,94212,94213,94218	2273
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	94211	10
Potassic-magnesio-fluoro-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂F₂			2	94212,94213	8
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	94210,94214	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	94219	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	453.8	450.4	2	94210,94218	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	94207,94211,94212,94216	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			5	94211,94212,94213,94217,94219	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	94214	353
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	453.8	450.4	1	94218	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	94216	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	94210	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	453.8	450.4	1	94218	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	94216	978
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	94208	268
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	94210	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	94216	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	94214	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	94214	890
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	94210	380
Yangzhumingite ()*	Mica	KMg_2.5Si₄O₁₀F₂			2	94212,94213	4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	453.8	450.4	5	94211,94212,94213,94216,94218	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	453.8	450.4	3	94217,94218,94221	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0178	453.8	450.4	452.1±1.7	U-Pb	Age of UHP metamorphism		zircon				Zircon	Corundum, Kyanite, Magnesiostaurolite		271180	Nordre Holmevatnet, Tromsø, Troms, Norway	Tromsø Nappe	Corfu et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00410-003-0466-x	CMP145_502

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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