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Locality Name:
Arøyskjærene (Arøy Skerries), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 13702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arøyskjærene (Arøy Skerries), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Arøyskjærene North
Fredriksen's Prospect
Langodden
Meliphanite Locality

Latitude: 59°0'24"N
Longitude: 9°47'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.006666666667,9.7872222222222
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 Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteApophylliteAragoniteAstrophylliteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteClayDiaspore
EudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteTitaniteTridymiteWöhleriteZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Annite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Eudialyte  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Helvine  (*)
Hiortdahlite  (*)Homilite  (*)Låvenite  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)
Rosenbuschite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6294294394772,94773,947751022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)294294394772,94773,947748803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2942941947721627
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2294294194772356
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F294294294772,94773161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)29429419477227770
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O294294294772,94774113
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)29429404979
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)294294294772,94773481
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2294294194772182
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2942941947722740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2942940303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2294294394772,94773,947749617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29429419477324243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S2942940237
Hiortdahlite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF329429419477221
Homilite  (*)GadoliniteCa2Fe2+B2Si2O102942941947748
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294058
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F29429419477355
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2294294194773762
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)29429407
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)429429419477544
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)294294494772,94773,94774,947754924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2294294394772,94773,947745800
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)229429419477445
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O294294394772,94773,947741236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)294294394772,94773,94774884
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2294294294772,9477339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2294294061156
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2294294294772,9477353
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F4294294394772,94773,9477442
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl294294194774444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS294294294772,9477321482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2942941947721006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2942941947744899
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)294294019
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294394772,94773,9477483
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42942941947721655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2942940939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)294294394772,94773,947745251


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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