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Locality Name:
Svenljunga, Västra Götaland County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 17443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Svenljunga, Västra Götaland County, Sweden": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Överlida
Stackebo
Ulvås Mine

Latitude: 57°22'32"N
Longitude: 12°59'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.375555555556,12.996388888889

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteApatiteCalciteColumbiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMonazite
NonePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelThortveititeZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)Thortveitite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61113297141
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1113297706
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111329727770
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O64113295,113296,113297,113298414
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11132972740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111329514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O34113295,113296,113297,1132985433
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1113298198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43113296,113297,11329814899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11132974924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1113297945
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111329839462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31113297244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111329761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211132975614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81113299353
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11132971006
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O7111329754
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22113296,1132982718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1113299939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4113296,113297,113298,1132995251



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