Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 208301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barents Sea, Arctic Ocean": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clay	Diaspore	Feroxyhyte	Kaolinite	Mica	Nolanite	None	Quartz

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 Fe H K Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mn Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Diaspore Feroxyhyte Kaolinite Mica Nolanite None Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Birnessite ()*	Feroxyhyte ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vernadite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	178
Feroxyhyte ()*	Feroxyhyte	Fe³⁺O(OH)	19
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	86
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	65

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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