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Locality Name:
Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 13915
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13915.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Bentsrud (Solumbrekka)
Botne
Botne Tunnel (Knattåsen Tunnel)
Bråtan
Bringåker Tunnel (Stuåsen Tunnel)
Ekelund
Fjordveien
Grefsrud
Grelland
Hillestad
Hof
Holmestrand Railroad Station Area
Holmestrand Tunnel
Hvitstein
Hvitsteinbakken
Kiste
Kjeksrød
Kleivbrottet
Løkenåsen
Nordre Kleivan
Sjøskogen
Solumsåsen Quarry
Tømmeråstjern
Tvillingbru
Vatnar

Latitude: 59°30'8"N
Longitude: 10°15'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.502222222222,10.259166666667

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteHarmotomeHeulanditeLanthaniteLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupParisitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteTitaniteZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite-K  (*)Heulandite-Na  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lanthanite-(Ce)  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6294647,946871022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)694647,94669,94674,94687,94689,946908803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O294646,946881627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2794654,94674,94682,94683,94687,94690,946932162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)294682,946873250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6294688,946922060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)494653,94655,94661,9468911547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2194690606
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2094646,94651,94652,94653,94655,94659,94661,94663,94669,94672,94677,94678,94680,94681,94683,94688,94689,94690,94692,9469327770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O794644,94646,94652,94660,94686,94688,946923531
Copper  (*)CopperCu894644,94646,94659,94660,94678,94686,94688,946923846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O394657,94688,946922970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21946539895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1394644,94646,94648,94649,94656,94657,94659,94669,94686,94689,94690,94692,946938173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1946472740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21594653,94655,94661,94663,94668,94669,94672,94674,94675,94681,94683,94687,94690,94691,946939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19468724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)594655,94661,94672,94690,946937437
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O294646,94688290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3594669,94674,94675,94690,9469314640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O294644,94646246
Heulandite-K  (*)Heulandite(K,Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O294644,9468932
Heulandite-Na  (*)Heulandite(Na,Ca,K)6(Si,Al)36O72·22H2O19464418
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31946875433
Lanthanite-(Ce)  (*)LanthaniteCe2(CO3)3·8H2O19469016
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1294644,94646,94651,94652,94656,94657,94659,94677,94683,94686,94689,946921271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)194690581
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4294683,9469314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2594644,94648,94657,94686,9469212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2294668,946905674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)494659,94683,94687,946934924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O294683,946901508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2394653,94683,9469017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O394659,94682,946872994
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2194690112
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21946932273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21594644,94646,94648,94649,94650,94652,94656,94657,94659,94660,94680,94686,94688,94689,946921898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21094647,94653,94655,94668,94671,94672,94682,94683,94690,9469339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22894644,94646,94647,94648,94649,94650,94652,94653,94655,94656,94657,94659,94660,94661,94668,94672,94674,94678,94679,94683,94686,94687,94688,94689,94690,94691,94692,9469361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19468721482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O194683268
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F194690232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O594647,94683,94687,94690,946934899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)294683,946875251



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