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Locality Name:
Vågsøy, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 192520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vågsøy, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Almenningen
Bryggja
Deknepollen
Krokaberg Tunnel
Måløy
Måløy Eclogite
Sørpollen
Straumen Eclogite
Vågsøy Island
Verpeneset

Latitude: 61°56'7"N
Longitude: 5°12'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.935277777778,5.2094444444444

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 B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAxiniteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteDiamondDiasporeEpidoteEttringite
FeldsparGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
ScapoliteTalcTitaniteTourmalineZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Barroisite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coesite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marialite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nybøite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Talc  (*)
Taramite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21934953419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1934968803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31934932353
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1934961588
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2193496260
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)219350049
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)293496,9350127770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1935051025
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO219350177
Diamond  (*)DiamondC193501697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61935004135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21935019895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)493491,93494,93495,934968173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1934967437
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2193492209
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4393490,93501,935051507
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1935001487
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl193503139
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2493492,93493,93501,9350517380
Nybøite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21935008
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6493490,93493,93500,93505229
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2193505247
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21934961898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2293495,9349639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2593490,93494,93496,93501,9350561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2293500,935015614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51934901516
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21935053337
Taramite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)219350010
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O193496183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O293496,935044899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1935015251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)393493,93501,935051025



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