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Locality Name:
Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 132051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Limhamn Quarry
Malmö Limestone Quarry
Malmö Seashore
Östra Grevie
Södra Sallerup
Västra Klagstorp

Latitude: 55°33'44"N
Longitude: 12°59'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.562222222222,12.990833333333
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 Fe H Mg O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteClayGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltTalc

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lime  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Strontianite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5112436,112437,112442,112443,11244527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11124421252
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11124366890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42112436,1124435591
Lime  (*)RocksaltCaO111243611
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211124365674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22112436,11244539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23112436,112438,11244261156
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1112442589
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211124403337


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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