Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Suðuroy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark

mindat Locality ID: 130773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suðuroy Island, Faroe Islands, Denmark": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Forðbiarnipa
Froðba
Hvalba
Øravik
Vágur

Latitude: 61°29'48"N
Longitude: 6°49'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.496666666667,-6.8280555555556

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Clay Copper Kaolinite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Beidellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*
Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scolecite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	48276	470
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	48276	85
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	48279	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	48272	3846
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	48276	52
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	2	48272,48274	425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	48278	39462
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	48272	390

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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