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:
Hekla, Rangárþing Ytra, Southern Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 1985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hekla, Rangárþing Ytra, Southern Region, Iceland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°59'36"N
Longitude: 19°39'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.993333333333,-19.663055555556

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.

Malladrite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrochlore	Rosenbergite	Weberite

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 Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg N Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Malladrite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrochlore Rosenbergite Weberite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Heklaite ()*	Hieratite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Jakobssonite ()*	Leonardsenite ()*
Malladrite ()*	Oskarssonite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Topsøeite ()*	Verneite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Heklaite ()*	None	KNaSiF₆	3
Hieratite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	7
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	56
Jakobssonite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAlF₅	4
Leonardsenite ()*	Weberite	MgAlF₅·2H₂O	6
Malladrite ()*	Malladrite	Na₂SiF₆	4
Oskarssonite ()*	Perovskite	AlF₃	3
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	105
Topsøeite ()*	Rosenbergite	FeF₃(H₂O)₃	1
Verneite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₃Al₂F₁₄	3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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