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Locality Name:
Vesle Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 13700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vesle Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Natronkatapleït-locality
Eudidymite-Epididymite Locality
Natrolittodden

Latitude: 59°0'36"N
Longitude: 9°47'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.01,9.7958333333333

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 Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteAstrophylliteBastnäsiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteCorundum
EudialyteFeldsparFluoriteHellanditeLöllingiteLeifiteLepidocrociteMicaMolybdeniteMonazite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupParisitePectolitePharmacosideritePyroxeneRocksaltSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelThomsoniteTridymiteWöhleriteZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Böhmite  (*)Burpalite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cappelenite-(Y)  (*)
Catapleiite  (*)Chiavennite  (*)Edenite  (*)Eirikite  (*)Epididymite  (*)
Eudialyte  (*)Eudidymite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Grenmarite  (*)Hilairite  (*)Låvenite  (*)
Leucophanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Polylithionite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)Serandite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)
Wöhlerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6294294394806,94807,948081022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)294294394806,94807,948088803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O294294394806,94807,948081627
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2294294294806,94807295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F294294394806,94807,94808161
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F294294194807304
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)294294194807195
Burpalite  (*)WöhleriteNa4Ca2Zr2(Si2O7)2F42942941948085
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)294294294807,9480827770
Cappelenite-(Y)  (*)NoneBaY6B6Si3O24F22942941948085
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O294294394806,94807,94808113
Chiavennite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(BeOH)2Si5O13·2H2O29429419480722
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2294294194807160
Eirikite  (*)LeifiteKNa6Be2(Si15Al3)O39F22942941948074
Epididymite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O29429419480770
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2294294194807182
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O29429419480742
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)229429419480757
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O294294294807,94808303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2294294294807,948089617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS294294294807,9480824243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)32942940504
Grenmarite  (*)NoneNa2Zr2Na2MnZr(Si2O7)2O2F22942941948082
Hilairite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi3O9·3H2O29429419480818
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294294806,9480858
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F294294394806,94807,9480855
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2294294394806,94807,94808762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O429429419480714899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)294294294807,948084924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2294294394806,94807,948085800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)294294194807945
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O294294394806,94807,948081236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)294294394806,94807,94808884
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2294294194807112
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O294294194807428
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F229429419480789
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3294294194807244
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F429429419480842
Serandite  (*)PectoliteNaMn2+2Si3O8(OH)29429419480738
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl294294294806,94807444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS294294394806,94807,9480821482
Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)HellanditeCa4Ce2Ti   (B4Si4O22)(OH)229429419480714
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O2942940452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2942941948081006
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)29429419480719
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)429429419480883
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)294294294807,948085251



1 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-00062294294294  high   YesGugiaiteBe146895Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, NorwayLarvik plutonic complex, NorwayLarsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 


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