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Locality Name:
Vardåsen Quarry (Vardaasen Quarry; Vardasen Quarry), Malerød, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 105679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vardåsen Quarry (Vardaasen Quarry; Vardasen Quarry), Malerød, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°4'59"N
Longitude: 9°56'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.083055555556,9.9458333333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Ancylite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Clay	Diaspore
Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gaidonnayite	Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Sodalite
Titanite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epididymite ()*
Eudidymite ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Helvine ()*	Hochelagaite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Meliphanite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Nb O S Si Sr Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Bastnäsite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Clay Diaspore
Feldspar Gadolinite Gaidonnayite Garnet Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Sodalite
Titanite Tridymite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
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
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	294	294	304
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	294	294	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	294	294	113
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	294	294	498
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	70
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	42
Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	Ce₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	294	294	31
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	294	294	21
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	294	294	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	294	294	167
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	294	294	237
Hochelagaite ()*	None	CaNb₄O₁₁·8H₂O	294	294	9
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	294	294	80
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
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	294	294	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	294	294	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	294	294	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	294	294	2994
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	294	294	4899

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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