Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 188337
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188337.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Buer
Kjølsrød
Ramsåsen

Latitude: 59°10'12"N
Longitude: 9°45'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.17,9.7511111111111

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.

Allanite	Analcime	Ancylite	Apophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite
Mica	Milarite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Tobermorite	Tridymite
Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Analcime Ancylite Apophyllite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Malachite
Mica Milarite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Perovskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite Tobermorite Tridymite
Wöhlerite Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Amesite ()*
Analcime ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Barylite ()*
Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Datolite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*
Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Perrierite-(La) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Serandite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	93872,93873	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	93872	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	93872,93873	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	93872	706
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1	93872	74
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	93873	1627
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	93872	92
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	93872	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	93873	356
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇	1	93872	33
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	2	93872,93873	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	93873	606
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	93872,93873,93874	5516
Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO₃)(OH,H₂O)	1	93873	46
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	93872,93873	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	93872	309
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	1	93873	47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	93872,93873	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	93872	577
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	3	93872,93873,93874	89
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	93873	1756
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	93872	498
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	93872	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	93872,93873	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	93872,93873	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	93872	196
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	93872	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	93872	9617
Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	Ce₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	2	93872,93873	31
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	93872	24243
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2	93872,93873	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	93873	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	93872,93873	5433
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	1	93872	57
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	93872,93873	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	93872,93873,93874	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	93872,93873	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	93873	156
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	93873	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	93873	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	93872,93873	884
Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca₂Nb₂O₆O	1	93872	11
Perrierite-(La) ()*	Chevkinite	(La,Ce,Ca)₄(Fe²⁺,Mn)(Ti,Fe³⁺,Al)₄[(Si₂O₇)O₄]₂	1	93872	2
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	93873	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93873	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	93872	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	93872,93873	61156
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	93872	38
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	93873	456
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	93872	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	93872,93873	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	93872	114
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	1	93873	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	93872,93873	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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