Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tromøy, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 49966
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49966.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tromøy, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Alve Feldspar Quarry
Alvekilen Fe Mines
Bjelland
Faervik School
Haabets Mine
Hampemyr
Hove
Lofstad
Monbua
Rørendal
Tromøy Meteorite
Vågsnes Mines

Latitude: 58°28'1"N
Longitude: 8°51'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.466944444444,8.8561111111111

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kornerupine	Mica
None	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kornerupine Mica
None Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Zircon

19 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)	3	89795,89800,89803	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	89801,89806,89808	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	89800,89803	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	89797	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	89808	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	89808	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	89803	5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	2	89800,89803	68
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	89794,89795,89797,89799	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89795	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	89797	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	89793,89795,89803	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	89805	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	89801,89808	1934
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	89799	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	89793,89808	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	89804	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	89793,89803	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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