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Locality Name:
Gjellebekk, Lierskogen, Lier, Buskerud, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 157596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gjellebekk, Lierskogen, Lier, Buskerud, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bø Mine
Gjellebekk Marble Quarry
Gjellebekk Mine
Griserud Marble Prospect

Latitude: 59°48'42"N
Longitude: 10°16'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.811666666667,10.283055555556
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTalcWollastonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Langite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3291234,912351534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21912345509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31912341935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)191234716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61912341633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)291233,9123427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219123427198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1912342970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS291232,9123424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1912347437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O191234593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419123414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219123412537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2291233,9123439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2291234,9123561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS391232,91233,9123521482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3291233,912351247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41912341655


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