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Locality Name:
Askedalsbotn Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 32938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Askedalsbotn Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, 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.

Apatite	Bastnäsite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chiavennite ()*
Epididymite ()*	Hambergite ()*	Meliphanite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thorite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Th Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Th Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Bastnäsite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite
Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	294	294	1022
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	294	294	304
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	294	294	115
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	294	294	232
Chiavennite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(BeOH)₂Si₅O₁₃·2H₂O	294	294	22
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	70
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	294	294	81
Meliphanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄	294	294	44
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	294	294	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	294	294	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	294	294	1006
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	294	294	1655

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	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 ID
Be-00059	294	294	294	high	Yes	Ferrochiavennite	Be	243592	Blåfjell (E18 Roadcuts), Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts, Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
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
Be-00051	294	294	294	high	Yes	Hingganite-(Ce)	Be	194886	Arent Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00013	294	294	294	high	Yes	Alflarsenite	Be	2493	Tuften (Tuften 1 Quarry; Tuften 2 Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00034	294	294	294	high	Yes	Tvedalite	Be	12279	Vevja Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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