Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 52337
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52337.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neskilen Mines, Arendal Iron Mines, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Adeler Mine
Dreier Mine
Gamle Mørefjær Mine (Mørfjær Mine)
Hav Mine
Holden Mine
Korsberget Mine
Krokodil Mine
Lange Iron Mine
Langenes Mine
Nes Mine
Neskilen 017.03.1 Iron Mine
Neskilen 017.05.1 Iron Prospect
Neskilen 017.06.1 Iron Prospect
New Aslak Mine
Old Aslak Mine
Stabel Mine
Stoll Mine

Latitude: 58°29'34"N
Longitude: 8°51'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.492777777778,8.8544444444444

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.

Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	89701,89708	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	89701	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	89715	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	89715	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	89699,89701,89715	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	89701	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	12	89699,89700,89701,89702,89703,89704,89705,89707,89712,89713,89714,89715	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	5	89704,89705,89712,89713,89714	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	89701	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	89708,89715	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	89715	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	89701	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	89715	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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