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:
Kvivikdalen (Kostøl; Ålefjær), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 32625
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32625.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kvivikdalen (Kostøl; Ålefjær), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°13'18"N
Longitude: 8°2'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.221666666667,8.035

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Descloizite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rutile

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*	Goethite ()*	Groutite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramsdellite ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Descloizite Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Quartz Ramsdellite Rutile

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	72
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	770
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	186
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	21
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	88
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	312
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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