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:
Gildeskål, Nordland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 48960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gildeskål, Nordland, Norway": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Corundum Occurrence
Laksådalen
Oterstrand
Seglvatn
Sokumvatnet
Sørfinnset Marble

Latitude: 66°53'36"N
Longitude: 14°9'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.893333333333,14.160555555556

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.

Amphibole	Brucite	Calcite	Corundum	Garnet	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Scheelite	Spinel
Staurolite	Vesuvianite

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 F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Calcite Corundum Garnet Molybdenite Nickeline None Scheelite Spinel
Staurolite Vesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92200	2353
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	92202	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	92202	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	92197	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	92197	9895
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	92198,92199	5800
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	92202	9056
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	92198,92199	4894
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	92202	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	92200	978
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92200	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	92201	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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