Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tafjord, Norddal, Møre Og Romsdal, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 54231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tafjord, Norddal, Møre Og Romsdal, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Heggur Tunnel (Fjøra-Tafjord Tunnel)
Jimdalen
Kallskaret
Øvre Rødal (Rodal)

Latitude: 62°15'27"N
Longitude: 7°25'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.2575,7.4222222222222

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.

Axinite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Corundum ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Julgoldite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Laumontite ()*	Margarite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet
Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Talc

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	0		260
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	91955	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	91955	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	91957	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	91957	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	91957	1797
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	91955	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	91955	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	91957	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	91955	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	91955	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	91955	5433
Julgoldite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	91955	15
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	91955	1271
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	91957	168
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	91955	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	91955	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	91955	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	91957	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	91955	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	91955	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	91957	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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