Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Røyken, Buskerud, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 193326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Røyken, Buskerud, Norway": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Åros
Elgskauåsen Tunnel
Follestad Industrial Site
Grimsrud Mo Deposit
Grimsrudbukta
Hyggen
Rødvann
Slemmestad
Spikkestad

Latitude: 59°42'16"N
Longitude: 10°24'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.704444444444,10.415277777778

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Brookite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Brookite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Ba Be Ca F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Brookite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Mica None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Topaz

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	91416	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	91417	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	91430	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	91418,91419	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	5	91417,91418,91419,91423,91425	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	91417	700
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	91417,91418	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	91429	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	91428,91431	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	91417	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	91417	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	91416,91418	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2	91418,91419	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	91416,91418,91427	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	91416,91417,91418,91419,91426,91434	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	91427	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	91417,91425	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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