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:
Western Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 253361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Western Region, Iceland": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Borgarbyggð
Dalabyggð
Helgafellssveit
Hvalfjarðarsveit
Skorradalshreppur
Snæfellsbær
Stykkishólmsbær

Latitude: 64°38'43"N
Longitude: 21°39'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.645277777778,-21.652222222222

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Gyrolite	Ilvaite	Lévyne	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Gyrolite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*
Yugawaralite ()*

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 K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Gyrolite Ilvaite Lévyne Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	65938,65953	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	65948,65954	27770
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	2	65938,65965	84
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	3	65942,65954,65956	138
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	65953	142
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	65954	197
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	65935,65954	1271
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	2	65937,65938	42
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	6	65934,65938,65944,65947,65953,65955	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	65959	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	65935,65943	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	65954	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	65942,65948,65951,65954	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	4	65943,65944,65954,65962	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	65948	6417
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	3	65943,65954,65961	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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