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Locality Name:
Brønnøy, Nordland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 188293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brønnøy, Nordland, Norway": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Tosbotn
Tosdalen
Tosenfjord
Velfjorden

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Cr F Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSpinelTalcTitaniteVesuvianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Grossular  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
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)31921201534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19212127770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41921223902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6292121,921244135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1921218173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31921241544
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1921161271
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1921221487
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81921241512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219212439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81921249056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219212461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1921194894
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21921223337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1921214899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101921211395



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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