Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark


mindat Locality ID: 43317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eysturoy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Eidi II Hydropower Tunnel
Eidi Roadcut
Fuglafjørður
Funningsfjørđur
Funningur
Funningur Roadcut
Gøtueiđi
Hjarðardalur
Innan Glyvur
Lambareiđi
Leirvik
Lítlafelli
Ljósá
Nordskáli Tunnel
Norđragøta
Selatrađ Quarry
Skálafjørđur
Skáli
Strendur
Svinair
Sydrugota
Toftir

Latitude: 62°12'25"N
Longitude: 6°52'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.206944444444,-6.8791666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteChabaziteClayGyroliteMicaMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteThomsonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Epistilbite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O548192,48204,48207,48216,482181627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1048192,48202,48204,48205,48206,48208,48211,48213,48216,4821827770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2348210,48211,48213309
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O148210310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1482075707
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O148192138
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O548192,48204,48207,48211,48216142
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1482071271
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1048192,48200,48204,48205,48206,48207,48210,48211,48213,48218425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1482041236
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2248205,4821861156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O148207301
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O648196,48199,48204,48207,48215,48216452


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