Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arøya (Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 13733
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13733.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arøya (Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Arøya NE
Leucophanite-locality
Near Prammen
Nordenskiöldine Locality
Old Prospect
Paradisbukta
Unnamed Pegmatite

Latitude: 59°0'12"N
Longitude: 9°47'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.003333333333,9.7988888888889

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Catapleiite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Löllingite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Stilbite
Thomsonite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Bavenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Homilite ()*	Låvenite ()*	Leucophanite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meliphanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nordenskiöldine ()*	Quartz ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorite ()*	Tritomite-(Ce) ()*	Wöhlerite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sn Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Ce F Fe H Mn Na Nb O Si Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Astrophyllite Calcite Cancrinite Catapleiite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Löllingite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Stilbite
Thomsonite Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	294	294	1	94765	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	1	94769	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	294	294	3	94765,94767,94769	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	294	294	1	94769	356
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	294	294	2	94764,94765	161
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	294	294	1	94768	255
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	294	294	0		27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	294	294	1	94767	232
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	294	294	1	94764	113
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	294	294	1	94764	481
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	294	294	1	94764	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	294	294	2	94764,94769	9617
Homilite ()*	Gadolinite	Ca₂Fe²⁺B₂Si₂O₁₀	294	294	2	94767,94769	8
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	294	294	0		58
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	294	294	2	94764,94765	55
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	294	294	2	94765,94769	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	294	294	0		14899
Meliphanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄	294	294	2	94767,94769	44
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	1	94764	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	294	294	4	94764,94765,94767,94769	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	294	294	1	94765	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	294	294	3	94764,94767,94769	884
Nordenskiöldine ()*	None	CaSn(BO₃)₂	294	294	2	94767,94769	16
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	294	294	1	94768	61156
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	294	294	1	94770	53
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	294	294	1	94768	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	294	294	0		452
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	294	294	0		1006
Tritomite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	Ce₅(SiO₄,BO₄)₃(OH,O)	294	294	0		19
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	294	294	1	94765	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	294	294	4	94764,94765,94767,94769	5251

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
R070514	Arøya (Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway	https://rruff.info/R070514

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