Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valberg Quarry, Valberg, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 13911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valberg Quarry, Valberg, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°53'4"N
Longitude: 9°25'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.884444444444,9.4194444444444

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite
Tourmaline	Vivianite

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Heulandite Malachite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pentlandite Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite
Tourmaline Vivianite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite-K ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Retgersite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Heulandite-K ()*	Heulandite	(K,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	32
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	139
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	55
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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