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Locality Name:
Valle, Aust-Agder, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 188332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valle, Aust-Agder, Norway": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bærvassheia
Bergehei
Bergeheia
Bø-grenda
Flateland
Flateland Prospect
Nomeland
Rotemo
Rysstad
Strømsheia (Straumsheia)
Valle Meteorite

Latitude: 59°11'7"N
Longitude: 7°35'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.185277777778,7.5908333333333

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: Ag Al Au Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBerylBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
DigeniteEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteVesuvianite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Digenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21908725509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181908824286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4490869,90872,90879,908825516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2190882700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19086927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S490878,90879,90880,908825707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2390869,90872,9087427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O290879,908823531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81908821756
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S290869,908721027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)390869,90872,908798173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2490869,90872,90878,908799617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4190885445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19087224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu290872,9087630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319087214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te290869,90872804
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O190882198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4390872,90879,9088214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2490872,90879,90880,9088212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2290872,908805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2390874,90879,9088217380
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81908749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2590869,90872,90874,90879,9088261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19087421482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3190872276
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21908822718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101908781395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3290869,90872297



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