Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bratteskjerpet Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 105725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bratteskjerpet Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°36'41"N
Longitude: 9°36'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.611388888889,9.6069444444444

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.

Axinite	Baryte	Brewsterite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Harmotome	Heulandite
Milarite	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Armenite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brewsterite-Sr ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*
Heulandite-Ba ()*	Microcline ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Baryte Brewsterite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Harmotome Heulandite
Milarite None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	23
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brewsterite	Ba(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O	9
Brewsterite-Sr ()*	Brewsterite	Sr(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	290
Heulandite-Ba ()*	Heulandite	(Ba,Ca,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·22H₂O	8
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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