Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saga Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 13679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saga Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°2'13"N
Longitude: 9°53'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.036944444444,9.8980555555556

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Ancylite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Feldspar	Gadolinite
Gaidonnayite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sodalite	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*
Calcite ()*	Chiavennite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Eudidymite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*	Galena ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Hambergite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Helvine ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meliphanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Tetrawickmanite ()*
Tvedalite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Apatite Apophyllite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Feldspar Gadolinite
Gaidonnayite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Parisite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Sodalite Spinel

31 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	294	294	1627
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	294	294	115
Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO₃)(OH,H₂O)	294	294	46
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	294	294	27770
Chiavennite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(BeOH)₂Si₅O₁₃·2H₂O	294	294	22
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	294	294	160
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	70
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	42
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
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	294	294	209
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	294	294	237
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	294	294	14899
Meliphanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄	294	294	44
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	294	294	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	294	294	1236
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	294	294	186
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	294	294	313
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	294	294	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	294	294	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	294	294	9056
Tetrawickmanite ()*	Perovskite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	294	294	8
Tvedalite ()*	None	Ca₄Be₃Si₆O₁₇(OH)₄·3H₂O	294	294	5

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
X060021	Saga Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway	https://rruff.info/X060021

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