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

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

mindat Locality ID: 12279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12279.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 59°2'43"N
Longitude: 9°51'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.045277777778,9.8616666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteApophylliteArsenopyriteBastnäsiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
CristobaliteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
ParisitePerovskitePyritePyroxeneScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelThomsoniteTitanite
TridymiteWöhleriteZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Barylite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Behoite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chiavennite  (*)Epididymite  (*)Eudidymite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hambergite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Leucophanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)Tvedalite  (*)Wickmanite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O629429401022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29429408803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O29429401627
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29429409052
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O7294294033
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F2942940304
Behoite  (*)CristobaliteBe(OH)2294294024
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)22942940606
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)2942940115
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)294294027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2294294027198
Chiavennite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(BeOH)2Si5O13·2H2O294294022
Epididymite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O294294070
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O294294042
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F29429402740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2942940303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229429409617
Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)GadoliniteCe2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2294294031
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O2942940167
Graphite  (*)NoneC29429402812
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)294294081
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S2942940237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3294294014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O329429405433
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F294294055
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4294294014899
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4294294044
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29429404924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS229429405800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2942940945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2294294017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O29429401236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)2942940884
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F22942940112
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2294294039462
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)29429401711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS294294021482
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O2942940452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)29429401006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O29429404899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O2942940433
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)294294019
Tvedalite  (*)NoneCa4Be3Si6O17(OH)4·3H2O29429405
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)6294294024
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294083
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO429429401655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)29429405251


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00059294294294  high   YesFerrochiavenniteBe243592Blåfjell (E18 Roadcuts), Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts, Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway Larsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 
Be-00062294294294  high   YesGugiaiteBe146895Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, NorwayLarvik plutonic complex, NorwayLarsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 
Be-00051294294294  high   YesHingganite-(Ce)Be194886Arent Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway Larsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 
Be-00013294294294  high   YesAlflarseniteBe2493Tuften (Tuften 1 Quarry; Tuften 2 Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway Larsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 
Be-00034294294294  high    TvedaliteBe12279Vevja Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway Larsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 

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