Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Siktesøya, Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 187713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siktesøya, Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brønnebukta
Tangane

Latitude: 59°1'33"N
Longitude: 9°46'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.025833333333,9.7677777777778

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Eudialyte	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gaidonnayite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite
Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Berborite ()*
Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Eudidymite ()*
Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*	Hambergite ()*
Helvine ()*	Hilairite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kupletskite ()*	Leucophanite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tainiolite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F H Mo Na O P Pb Si Th

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Astrophyllite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Eudialyte Feldspar
Fluorite Gaidonnayite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Parisite
Pyrite Pyroxene Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite Tridymite Wöhlerite
Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	93914,93915	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	93914,93915	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	93914,93915	1627
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	93915	161
Berborite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)·H₂O	1	93914	11
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	93914	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	93914	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	93914	27198
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	2	93914,93915	70
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	2	93914,93915	42
Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	1	93914	15
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	93914	9617
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	1	93914	21
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	1	93914	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2	93914,93915	237
Hilairite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	1	93914	18
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	93915	5433
Kupletskite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	93914	33
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	1	93914	55
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	93914	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	93915	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	93914,93915	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	93914,93915	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	93914	1508
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)[(H₂O)₂Ca_0.5 _0.5]Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂	1	93915	45
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	93914,93915	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	93914	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	93914	64
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	93915	112
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1	93914	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93914	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	2	93914,93915	244
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	93914	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	93914	21482
Tainiolite ()*	Mica	KLiMg₂Si₄O₁₀F₂	1	93915	40
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	0		452
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	0		1006
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	1	93914	83
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	93914,93915	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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