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Locality Name:
Rossås (Rosås), Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 49719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rossås (Rosås), Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Pegmatite Locality 19
Pegmatite Locality 20
Rossås 01 Feldspar Quarry
Rossås 02 Feldspar Quarry
Rossås 03 Feldspar Quarry
Rossås 04 Feldspar Quarry
Rossås 05 Feldspar Quarry
Rossås 06 Feldspar Quarry
Rossås 07 Feldspar Quarry (Feitedalen 1)
Rossås 08 Feldspar Quarry (Feitedalen 2)
Rossås 09 Feldspar Quarry (Feitedalen 3)
Rossås 10 Feldspar Quarry (Feitedalen 4)
Rossås 11 Feldspar Quarry (Feitedalen 5)
Rossås 12 Feldspar Quarry (Feitedalen 6)
Rossås 13 Feldspar Quarry (Feitedalen 7)
Rossås 14 Feldspar Quarry
Rossås 15 Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 58°25'58"N
Longitude: 7°53'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.432777777778,7.8930555555556

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Sc Si Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe Nb O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteMicaMonazite
NoneQuartzSpinelStibniteTengeriteThortveititeTitaniteTopazZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gahnite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Tengerite-(Y)  (*)
Thortveitite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)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)1906578803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18290656,906574286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1906571966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31906571935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)190657716
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2190657163
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O40445
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4590653,90654,90657,90659,9066114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)590653,90654,90656,90657,906664924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)190657945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2490654,90656,90657,9066617380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2690653,90654,90656,90657,90659,9066661156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8290656,90657353
Tengerite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteY2(CO3)3·2-3H2O19065724
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O719065154
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O290656,906574899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21906571476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21906572718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O190657890
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)290653,90657939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)390653,90657,906665251



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