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Locality Name:
Gjerstad, Aust-Agder, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 12312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gjerstad, Aust-Agder, Norway": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Båsvatn Quarry
Borjevassholene Feldspar Quarry
Brenndalsmo
Brokelandsheia
Fone
Fone Rutile Mines
Fossbrekke
Gjerstad - Tvedestrand Area
Gruveheia
Gryting Feldspar Quarry
Huldreheia Quarry
Lunden
Mesel
Mo
Morka
Mostad Pegmatite
Mørkhøgda Pegmatite
Østerholt
Østerholtheia
Stormyr
Svartegruva Fe/Ti Mine
Vekselmyr Gold Prospect
Vevstad

Latitude: 58°51'23"N
Longitude: 9°2'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.856388888889,9.0494444444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Fe H Na O Pb S Si U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteBerylChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteColumbiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyroxeneQuartzScheelite
SchoepiteSpinelSulphurTitaniteTourmalineZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Clarkeite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Curite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kasolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sulphur  (*)Titanite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)390303,90334,903358803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)190307706
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61903252060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18390303,90305,903354286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219032527198
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)046
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl190336203
Clarkeite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)O(OH)·nH2O018
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS190325966
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O19030751
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6190335414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4190318196
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O061
Graphite  (*)NoneC290313,903372812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31903255433
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O19031899
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O0198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419032514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)390303,90305,903184924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21903335800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2390303,90305,9033517380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81903251512
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3190306341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81903259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2590305,90318,90333,90335,9033761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)290305,903352705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3290303,903351214
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1903074899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21903072718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)290318,90334939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1903355251



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