Hvalstöd (Hvalsgod), Hvalfjordur, Western Region, Iceland
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| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 64° 23' 40'' North , 21° 26' 18'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 64.3944444444, -21.4383333333 |
| Name(s) in local language(s): | Hvalstöd , Hvalfjörður, Vesturland, Ísland |
Vertical veins, 2 to 25 m wide and up to 2 meters long, cutting hydrothermally altered basalt (Tschernich 1992). On the northern side of the Hvalfjordur and thus in the Western Region.
Erronously spelled as Hvalsgod in Tschernich (1992): 524.
Mineral List
8 valid minerals.
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References
Mineralogical Record (1986): 17: 340.
Tschernich, R. W. (1992): Zeolites of the world. Geoscience Press, Phoenix, Arizona. [p.524]
Tschernich, R. W. (1992): Zeolites of the world. Geoscience Press, Phoenix, Arizona. [p.524]
Hvalstöd, Hvalfjordur, Western Region, Iceland