Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Suldal, Rogaland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 146380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suldal, Rogaland, Norway": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Blåvatn
Bleskestad
Bråtveit
Breifonn
Havrevassjuvet
Kvandalen
Kvilldal
Langevann
Månastøl
Nøvøya
Sandvatnet

Latitude: 59°34'55"N
Longitude: 6°47'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.581944444444,6.7925

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.

Apophyllite	Axinite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite

Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Idaite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Axinite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Feldspar Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	0		260
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	93301	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	93306	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	93300,93303,93309	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	93306	4165
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	93305	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	93309	24243
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	93306	142
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	93302	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	93301	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	93301,93307	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	93300,93303,93309	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	93300	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	93300,93303,93309	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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