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:
Østre Brattholmen, Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 50674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Østre Brattholmen, Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Catapleiite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sapphirine	Smectite-vermiculite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*
Astrophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*	Thorite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Astrophyllite Calcite Catapleiite Clay Feldspar Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
None Pyrite Pyroxene Sapphirine Smectite-vermiculite Tridymite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	113
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	57
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	42
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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