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Locality Name:
Odda, Hordaland, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1700
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 194828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Odda, Hordaland, Norway": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Hardangervidda West
Reinanuten
Reinsnos
Røldal
Skare
Svandalsflona
Tyssedal

Latitude: 59°59'21"N
Longitude: 6°42'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.989166666667,6.7022222222222

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 Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBrookiteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileTalcTitanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)17001500691788,91789,91790,91791,91792,917948803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2170015001191788,91789,91790,91792,91797,91798,91799,91801,91803,91805,918062162
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO217001500591789,91791,91792,91793,91803700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17001500491792,91797,91800,9180327770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21918049895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)17001500291788,917927437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3291798,9180314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31918045433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41918021507
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2170015001917895800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O170015001917922994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1917992349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217001500691788,91789,91790,91791,91792,9180039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81918049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2170015001391788,91789,91790,91791,91792,91793,91794,91796,91797,91799,91800,91803,9180561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO217001500891788,91789,91790,91791,91792,91793,91794,917975614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21918043337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O291800,918034899



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000197170015001700-1500 Crustal accretion event      2477Hardangervidda West, Odda, Hordaland, NorwayHardangervidda TerraneStein & Bingen (2002)10.1144/GSL.SP.2002.204.01.20GSLSP204_319Crustal accretion event in the Hardangervidda


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