Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Søftestad, Nissedal, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 265030
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265030.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Søftestad, Nissedal, Telemark, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Søftestad Mines

Latitude: 59°9'3"N
Longitude: 8°30'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.150833333333,8.5138888888889

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	Corundum	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	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 Be C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Corundum Gypsum None Not in a structural group Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	93825	1588
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	93825	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	93825	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	93825	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	93825	14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	93825	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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