Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Myvatn, Skútustaðahreppur, Northeastern Region, Iceland

mindat Locality ID: 30035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Myvatn, Skútustaðahreppur, Northeastern Region, Iceland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hrafntinnuhryggur
Krafla Volcano
Námaskarð Geothermal Area

Latitude: 65°41'11"N
Longitude: 16°45'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.686388888889,-16.762222222222

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chukhrovite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Corundum
Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Khademite	Kieserite
Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Starkeyite	Stilbite	Sulphur	Tridymite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meniaylovite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhomboclase ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Rostite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Szomolnokite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Variscite ()*	Wairakite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Chukhrovite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Corundum
Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Khademite Kieserite
Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Starkeyite Stilbite Sulphur Tridymite Wollastonite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	65879	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	65879	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	65879	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	65879	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	65879	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	65879	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	65879	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	65879	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	65879	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	2	65878,65879	453
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	65879	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	65879	484
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	65879	41
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	65879	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	65879	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	65879	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	65879	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	65879	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	65879,65880	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	65879	1271
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	65879	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	65879	14899
Meniaylovite ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₄AlSi(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	1	65879	7
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	65879	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	65879	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	65879	405
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	65879	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	65879	254
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	65879	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	65879	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	65879	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	65879	61156
Rhomboclase ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₅O₂)Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	65879	53
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	1	65879	22
Rostite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	65879	10
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	65879	293
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	65879	390
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	65879	79
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	65879	189
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	65879,65880	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	65879	139
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	65878	458
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	65879	301
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	65879	73
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	65879	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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