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Locality Name:
Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 294
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 156316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bakkane Quarry
Dolven
Melau 1 Quarry
Melau 2 Quarry
Melau 3 Quarry
Melau Pegmatite
Nalum
Naverfjorden East
Ødegårdsbukta
Saltstein
Thorstein Quarry

Latitude: 59°0'29"N
Longitude: 9°55'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.008055555556,9.9313888888889
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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteArsenopyriteBastnäsiteCalciteCancrinite
Cancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLepidocrociteMolybdenite
NatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePectolitePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelThomsoniteTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastonite
WöhleriteZircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Böhmite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chiavennite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epididymite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Thorite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6294294394722,94725,947311022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)294294594719,94722,94724,94730,947318803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)294294194731706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O294294794719,94720,94721,94722,94725,94730,947311627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22942941947313092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2942941947259052
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F294294294722,94724304
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)294294294722,94731195
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)294294394719,94722,94724115
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)294294294729,9473127770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O294294194730232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229429419473127198
Chiavennite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(BeOH)2Si5O13·2H2O29429419471922
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)294294194731481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62942941947294135
Epididymite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O29429419471970
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)294294194726371
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F294294694719,94721,94722,94724,94725,947312740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O294294194731303
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F29429419473118
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2294294394722,94725,947319617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2942941947317437
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O294294194720167
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)29429419472281
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2294294194719209
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S294294194731237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O329429419472514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32942941947315433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4294294594721,94722,94724,94725,9473114899
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4294294294725,9473144
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)294294794719,94720,94721,94722,94724,94725,947314924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2294294594719,94720,94722,94725,947315800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O294294294722,947241508
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O294294894719,94720,94721,94722,94724,94725,94730,947311236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)294294794720,94721,94722,94724,94725,94730,94731884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O294294294725,947312994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)294294194721363
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3294294194730495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2294294494719,94722,94724,9473139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8294294294722,947319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2294294061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22942941947315614
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl294294394720,94730,94731444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29429419472521482
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O294294194719452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2942941947221006
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102942941947291395
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294594719,94720,94722,94724,9473183
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32942941947281247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42942941947311655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)294294694719,94721,94722,94724,94725,947315251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00062294294294  high    GugiaiteBe146895Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, NorwayLarvik plutonic complex, NorwayLarsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 

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