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Locality Name:
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 294
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 2489
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2489.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°59'44"N
Longitude: 9°49'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.995555555556,9.8172222222222
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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteApophylliteAragoniteAstrophylliteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteCorundum
FeldsparFluoriteHellanditeLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNonePerovskitePyroxene
RocksaltSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelThomsoniteTitaniteTridymiteWöhleriteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Hainite-(Y)  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Låvenite  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O629429401022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O62942940286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29429408803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O29429401627
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F2942940161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)294294027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O2942940232
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O2942940113
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)29429404979
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2942940303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229429409617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS294294024243
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S294294060
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O2942940167
Hainite-(Y)  (*)None(Ca3Y)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2294294011
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O329429405433
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294058
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F294294055
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22942940762
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)294294082
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4294294014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29429404924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS229429405800
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2294294045
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O29429401236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)2942940884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO32942940495
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F2294294089
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO32942940244
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F4294294042
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl2942940444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS294294021482
Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)HellanditeCa4Ce2Ti   (B4Si4O22)(OH)2294294014
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O2942940452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)29429401006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O29429404899
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)294294019
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294083
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)29429405251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00062294294294  high   YesGugiaiteBe146895Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, NorwayLarvik plutonic complex, NorwayLarsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 

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