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Locality Name:
Jølster, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 14288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jølster, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Jølstervann
Kjøsnes
Kjøsnesfjorden Power Plant
Klakegg
Lunde
Skei
Undisclosed Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GypsumMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTitanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1934248803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1934281588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19342811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)293426,9342827770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)393424,93429,934318173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6193433414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21934289617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1934286890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3293424,9342914640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O293428,934301271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4293424,9342814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2293428,9342917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1934242994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2293425,9342839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2293428,9343261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21934295614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1934284899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1934291025



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