Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Velfjorden, Brønnøy, Nordland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 14416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Velfjorden, Brønnøy, Nordland, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Børjeøra
Nevernes
Sausfjell
Svartvatnet

Latitude: 65°24'17"N
Longitude: 12°31'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.404722222222,12.521944444444

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	Epidote	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Grossular ()*	Magnesite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Spinel Talc Titanite Vesuvianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	92121	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	92122	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	92121,92124	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	92121	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92124	1544
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	92122	1487
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	92124	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	92124	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	92124	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	92124	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92122	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	92121	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	92121	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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