Iceland is my favourite country. It's place of magic and new born land... And of course what makes it more special is plenty location of
zeolites.
On the Iceland are those zeolites:
ANALCIMECHABAZITEEPISTILBITEERIONITEGARRONITEGISMONDINEHEULANDITELAUMONTITELEVYNEMESOLITEMORDENITENATROLITEPHILLIPSITESCOLECITESTILBITETHOMSONITEYUGAWARALITE
For now I borrowed pictures of other collectors, but in the future I will add photos of my specimens too...
Here is the list : name of zeolite and all localizations it was found:
ANALCIME
+Akureyri
+Ulfarsfell, Mosfellsbaer
+Nordurardalur
+Road No. 1 roadcut, Heiđarvatn, Breiđdalsheidi, Suđur-Múlasysla
ANALCIME, CHABAZITE
+Trolladyngja
ANALCIME
+Sog river, Trolladyngja
CHABAZITE
+Ulfarsfell, Mosfellsbaer
CHABAZITE with calcite
+Nordurardalur
+Reydarfjördur
+Skagafell, Reydarfjördur
+Road No. 1 roadcut, Heiđarvatn, Breiđdalsheidi, Suđur-Múlasysla
EPISTILBITE
+Fossárfell, Berufjördur
EPISTILBITE
+Raudafell, Berufjördur
+Teigarhorn, Berufjördur
+Djupidalur, Breiddalur
+Breidhdalur-Berufjordur area
ERIONITE
+Breidhdalur-Berufjordur area
+Hofsa
+Hvalstod, Hvalfjordur
+Svignaskard
GARRONITE
+Reydarfjördur
GISMONDINE
+Reydarfjördur
+Skagafell, Reydarfjördur
GISMONDINE, THOMSONITE, CHABAZITE
HEULANDITE
+Bulandsdalur, Berufjördur
+Bulandstindur, Berufjördur
+Fossárfell, Berufjördur
+Raudafell, Berufjördur
+Teigarhorn, Berufjördur
HEULANDITE
+Djupidalur, Breiddalur
+Breidhdalur-Berufjordur area
+Djupifjördur
+Road #1 road-cut, Haugar
+Hvalstod, Hvalfjordur
+Helgustadir Mine, Reydarfjord
+Skaftafell
LAUMONTITE
+Teigarhorn, Berufjördur
+Road #1 road-cut, Haugar
+Hvalstod, Hvalfjordur
+Helgustadir Mine, Reydarfjord
STILBITE, LAUMONTITE, HEULANDITE, quartz
+Skaftafell
LEVYNE
+Akureyri
+Brattabrekka, Hvammer, Nordurardalur
LEVYNE
+Reydarfjördur
+Skagafell, Reydarfjördur
+Sog river, Trolladyngja
LEVYNE
MESOLITE
+Bulandsdalur, Berufjördur
+Raudafell, Berufjördur
MESOLITE
+Teigarhorn, Berufjördur
+Djupidalur, Breiddalur
+Trolladyngja
MORDENITE
+Fossárfell, Berufjördur
+Teigarhorn, Berufjördur
+Hestháls, Skorradalur, Borgarfjarđarsýsla
+Trolladyngja
+Sog river, Trolladyngja
MORDENITE
NATROLITE
MY NATROLITE
+Berufjördur
+Road #1 road-cut, Haugar
NATROLITE
+Svignaskard
PHILLIPSITE
+Nordurardalur
SCOLECITE
+Teigarhorn, Berufjördur
+Djupidalur, Breiddalur
+Breidhdalur-Berufjordur area
+Svignaskard
STILBITE
+Raudafell, Berufjördur
+Teigarhorn, Berufjördur
STILBITE
+Hestháls, Skorradalur, Borgarfjarđarsýsla
+Djupidalur, Breiddalur
+Djupifjördur
+Road #1 road-cut, Haugar
+Hvalstod, Hvalfjordur
+Helgustadir Mine, Reydarfjord
+Reydarfjördur
+Skaftafell
+Svignaskard
THOMSONITE
+Bulandsdalur, Berufjördur
+Djupidalur, Breiddalur
THOMSONITE, CHABAZITE
+Skagafell, Reydarfjördur
+Road No. 1 roadcut, Heiđarvatn, Breiđdalsheidi, Suđur-Múlasysla
YUGAWARALITE
+Road #1 road-cut, Haugar
+Hvalfjordur
+Hvalstod, Hvalfjordur
+Snaefellsnes
+Svignaskard
YUGARAWALITE, ERIONITE
And here the list - localization and theirs zeolites:
ZEOLITES ON ICELAND
+Akureyri
(5)- ANALCIME, LEVYNE
+ Berufjordur area
(3) - EPISTILBITE, ERIONITE, HEULANDITE, MESOLITE, MORDENITE, SCOLECITE, STILBITE-Ca
+Bulandsdalur, Berufjördur - HEULANDITE, MESOLITE, THOMSONITE
+Fossárfell, Berufjördur - EPISTILBITE, HEULANDITE, MORDENITE
+Raudafell, Berufjördur - EPISTILBITE, HEULANDITE, MESOLITE, STILBITE
+Teigarhorn, Berufjördur - EPISTILBITE, HEULANDITE, LAUMONTITE, MESOLITE, MORDENITE, SCOLECITE, STILBITE
+Breidhdalur, Berufjordur area - EPISTILBITE, ERIONITE, HEULANDITE, SCOLECITE, STILBITE-Ca
+Djupidalur (not on the map)
+Djupidalur, Breiddalur - EPISTILBITE, HEULANDITE, MESOLITE, SCOLECITE, STILBITE
+Helgustadir Mine, Reydarfjord
(4) - HEULANDITE, LAUMONTITE, STILBITE
+Hestháls, Skorradalur, Borgarfjarđarsýsla (not on the map)- MORDENITE, STILBITE
+Hofsa (not on the map)- ERIONITE
+Hvalfjordur
(9)
+Hvalstod, Hvalfjordur - ERIONITE, HEULANDITE, LAUMONTITE, STILBITE, YUGARAWALITE
+Nordurardalur
(6)-ANALCIME, CHABAZITE, LEVYNE-Ca, PHILLIPSITE, THOMSONITE-Ca
+Brattabrekka, Hvammer, Nordurardalur - LEVYNE-Ca
+Road #1 road-cut, Haugar
(7)- HEULANDITE, LAUMONTITE, NATROLITE, STELLERITE, STILBITE, YUGARAWALITE
+Road No. 1 roadcut, Heiđarvatn, Breiđdalsheidi, Suđur-Múlasysla (not on the map)- ANALCIME, CHABAZITE, THOMSONITE
+Skaftafell
(11) - HEULANDITE, LAUMONTITE, STILBITE
+Reydarfjördur
+Skagafell, Reydarfjördur (W Iceland - not on the map)- CHABAZITE, GISMONDINE, LEVYNE, THOMSONITE
+Snaefellsnes
(10) - YUGARAWALITE
+Trolladyngja
(8)
+Sog river, Trolladyngja - ANALCIME, LEVYNE, MORDENITE, MESOLITE?
+Svignaskard
(1) - ERIONITE, NATROLITE, SCOLECITE, STILBITE, YUGAWARALITE
+Ulfarsfell, Mosfellsbaer
(2) - ANALCIME, CHABAZITE
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Sources: www.mindat.org, www.maps.google.co.uk
c.w.hoy
29th Jul 2008 9:59pm