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(Ísland)




References:
- Walker, G.P.L. (1960): Zeolite zones and dike distribution in relation to the structure of the basalts of eastern Iceland. Journal of Geology, 68, 515-528.
- Betz, V. (1981): Famous mineral localities: Zeolites from Iceland and the Faeroes. Mineralogical Record 12 (1), 5-26
- Schalkhaußer, F. (1983): Fundstellen von Mineralien und Fossilien in Island. Verlag Fritz Schalkhaußer, Flemingstr. 116, München, Germany. (in German) [2nd ed. appeared in 1984]
- Kristjan Sæmundsson & Einar Gunnlaugssson (1999): Islenska steinabokin. Reykjavik, xx pp. (in Icelandish)
- Saemundsson, K. & Gunnlaugsson, E. (2006): Icelandic rocks and minerals. Edda UK Ltd., 234 pp.



Article entry:
Iceland's zeolitesDagmara Lesiow




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Albite
var: Oligoclase

'Alum Group'
Analcime
Andradite
Anhydrite
Aphthitalite
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Babingtonite
Baryte
Bassanite
Blödite
Brochantite
Calcite
var: Iceland Spar
Carnallite
Celadonite
'Chabazite'
'Chalcedony'
Chessexite
Cowlesite
Cristobalite
Eldfellite (TL)
Epidote
Epistilbite (TL)
'Erionite'
Fluorite
Galeite
Garronite
Gismondine
Glauberite
Gypsum
Gyrolite
Halite
Halotrichite
Heklaite (TL)
Hematite
Heterogenite
'Heulandite'
Hypersthene
Ilvaite
Jarosite
Kainite
Kaolinite
Kieserite
Laumontite
'Lévyne'
Lévyne-Ca
Limonite
Löweite
Magnetite
Meniaylovite
Mesolite
Metathenardite
Microcline
Molysite
Mordenite
Natrolite
'Obsidian'
Okenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Siliceous sinter
'Phillipsite'
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
'Pyroxene Group'
Quartz
var: Citrine
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
Ralstonite
Rosickýite
Salammoniac
Scolecite
Siderite
'Smectite Group'
Stellerite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Sulphur
Sylvite
Thenardite
Thomsenolite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Tobermorite
Tridymite
'Unnamed (Na-Fe Sulphate)'
Vanthoffite
Wairakite
Wollastonite
Xonotlite
'Xylochlore'
Yugawaralite


379 entries listed. 70 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Iceland
 
    • Skorradalur
  • Krisuvik
  • Mosfellsbaer
    • Breiðdalsheidi
      • Heiðarvatn
      • Heimaey
  • Vestur- Isafjarðarsýsla

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