Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Midtfjellet Quarry (Mellomfyllet Quarry), Malerød, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 221089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Midtfjellet Quarry (Mellomfyllet Quarry), Malerød, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°4'53"N
Longitude: 9°56'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.081388888889,9.9411111111111

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	Ancylite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gadolinite
Gaidonnayite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Ancylite Apatite Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cristobalite Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Gadolinite
Gaidonnayite Garnet Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Zircon Zirconolite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*
Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Behoite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Catapleiite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*	Galena ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Hambergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hilairite ()*	Hochelagaite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Luinaite-(OH) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meliphanite ()*	Micheelsenite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nordstrandite ()*
Paranatrolite ()*	Petarasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	294	294	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	294	294	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	294	294	2162
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	294	294	92
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	294	294	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	294	294	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	294	294	9052
Behoite ()*	Cristobalite	Be(OH)₂	294	294	24
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	294	294	115
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	294	294	700
Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO₃)(OH,H₂O)	294	294	46
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	294	294	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	294	294	232
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	294	294	113
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	294	294	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	294	294	577
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	70
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	294	294	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	294	294	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	294	294	303
Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	Ce₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	294	294	31
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	294	294	21
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	294	294	24243
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	294	294	167
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	294	294	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	294	294	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	294	294	14640
Hilairite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	294	294	18
Hochelagaite ()*	None	CaNb₄O₁₁·8H₂O	294	294	9
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	294	294	5433
Luinaite-(OH) ()*	Tourmaline	(Na, )(Fe²⁺,Mg)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄	294	294	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	294	294	14899
Meliphanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄	294	294	44
Micheelsenite ()*	Ettringite	(Ca,Y)₃Al(PO₃OH)(CO₃)(OH)₆·12H₂O	294	294	4
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	294	294	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	294	294	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	294	294	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	294	294	64
Paranatrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	294	294	19
Petarasite ()*	None	Na₅Zr₂Si₆O₁₈(Cl,OH)·2H₂O	294	294	6
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	294	294	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	294	294	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	294	294	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	294	294	2705
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	294	294	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	294	294	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	294	294	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	294	294	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	294	294	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	294	294	140

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Be-00062	294	294	294			high				Yes		Gugiaite	Be	146895	Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway	Larvik plutonic complex, Norway	Larsen (2010)		BOOK_LHGPM_2010

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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