Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Solumsåsen Quarry, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 14144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Solumsåsen Quarry, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°27'33"N
Longitude: 10°19'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.459166666667,10.321944444444

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.

Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Lanthanite	Lepidocrocite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Lanthanite Lepidocrocite
Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Parisite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Lanthanite-(Ce) ()*	Lanthanite	Ce₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	16
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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