Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 156313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kvinnherad, Hordaland, Norway": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Botnane
Jondalstunnelen
Ølve Mining District
Varaldsøy

Latitude: 60°7'21"N
Longitude: 6°2'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.1225,6.0469444444444

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.

Chalcanthite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Copiapite Copper Corundum Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunogen ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderotil ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	91765	272
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	91765	925
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	91765	382
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	91767	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	91765	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	91765	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	91762	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	91765	251
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	91767	5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	91763	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	91762,91763,91767,91769	61156
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	91765	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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