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:
Penninge Limestone Quarry, Torsåker, Hofors, Gävleborg County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 187470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187470.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penninge Limestone Quarry, Torsåker, Hofors, Gävleborg County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 60°31'47"N
Longitude: 16°24'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.529722222222,16.406666666667

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	Humite	Mica	None	Sphalerite	Wollastonite

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 F Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Humite Mica None Sphalerite Wollastonite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Epidote ()*	Muscovite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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