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Locality Name:
Tangen Feldspar Mine, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 14285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tangen Feldspar Mine, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°52'17"N
Longitude: 9°21'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.871388888889,9.3530555555556

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Yb Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Th Ti Y Yb Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteColumbiteCorundumDanburiteFeldsparGadoliniteNoneParisitePhenakitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSpinelTengeriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Danburite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hingganite-(Yb)  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Lokkaite-(Y)  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sylvite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)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)08803
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O80148
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O60414
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hingganite-(Yb)  (*)GadoliniteBeYb(SiO4)(OH)02
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O099
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O028
Lokkaite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteCaY4(CO3)7·9H2O010
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F20112
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl0275
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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