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:
Borðoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 53903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borðoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Ánir
Depil
Gasafelli
Hafjall
Hálgafelli
Klaksvik
Norðdepil
Norðoyri
Strond Quarry
Torvadalsá Valley

Latitude: 62°15'0"N
Longitude: 6°33'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.25,-6.5575

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Calcite	Copper	Gismondine	Harmotome	Mordenite	Natrolite	None
Pectolite	Quartz	Thomsonite

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 Ba C Ca Cu F H K Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Calcite Copper Gismondine Harmotome Mordenite Natrolite None
Pectolite Quartz Thomsonite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gismondine ()*
Harmotome ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Okenite ()*	Opal ()*
Pectolite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	48181,48186	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	48185,48186,48189	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	48189	3846
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	48187	128
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	48186	290
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	4	48181,48185,48186,48189	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	48185	405
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	2	48188,48189	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	48189	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	48186	363
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	48181,48185,48188,48189	61156
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	48187	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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