Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Reinfjorden, Kvænangen, Troms, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 51990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reinfjorden, Kvænangen, Troms, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 70°6'52"N
Longitude: 21°41'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 70.114444444444,21.683333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Wurtzite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Melonite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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