Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 48127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ånebo Fe Mine
Barbudalen
Bø Mine
Haugereid Mine
Neskilen Mines
Øyestad

Latitude: 58°28'0"N
Longitude: 8°46'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.466666666667,8.7719444444444

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	Analcime	Apophyllite	Axinite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Heulandite	Humite
Malachite	Marcasite	Melilite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Scapolite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilbite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As B Ba Be C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ca Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apophyllite Axinite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Heulandite Humite
Malachite Marcasite Melilite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Scapolite Skutterudite Sphalerite
Spinel Stilbite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Cahnite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Groutite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite-K ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Okayamalite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*
Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stellerite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	89690,89698,89701,89708,89732	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	89698	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	5	89690,89694,89701,89735,89736	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	4	89687,89690,89694,89697	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	89694,89698,89715	2060
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	89721	260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	2	89685,89735	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	89690,89694	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	5	89687,89717,89732,89733,89737	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	89690,89715	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	89737	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	89698	5516
Cahnite ()*	Zircon	Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄	1	89723	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15	89684,89690,89694,89698,89699,89701,89715,89717,89721,89723,89733,89734,89735,89736,89737	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	89690,89721,89734	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	89739	321
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	89717	236
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	3	89721,89723,89735	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	6	89690,89697,89698,89723,89734,89735	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	89717	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	13	89687,89690,89694,89697,89698,89701,89717,89732,89733,89734,89735,89736,89737	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	89736	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	89735	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	89694	445
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	89734	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	89694,89721,89723	1544
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	89723	72
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	89690	246
Heulandite-K ()*	Heulandite	(K,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	89690	32
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	89735	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	19	89690,89694,89698,89699,89700,89701,89702,89703,89704,89705,89707,89712,89713,89714,89715,89721,89723,89732,89737	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	89694	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	89734	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	89734	139
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	89736	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89734	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	89690,89692	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	89687,89690	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	89735	633
Okayamalite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂B₂SiO₇	0		2
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	89687,89690,89694,89735	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	6	89704,89705,89712,89713,89714,89734	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	89690,89698,89701,89735	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	89690,89721,89723,89732,89734	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	89734	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	89690,89694,89698,89708,89715,89717,89721,89734	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	0		969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	89734	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	89721	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	89736	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	89735	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	89732	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	89690,89698,89717,89723	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	89715,89723	1934
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	4	89687,89690,89696,89736	189
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	89698	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	8	89690,89694,89698,89701,89717,89734,89735,89737	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	89734	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	89694,89735	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	7	89690,89694,89715,89723,89732,89734,89737	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	89723	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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