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Locality Name:
Frestiåsen Quarry, Sem, Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 206025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frestiåsen Quarry, Sem, Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gunnar Lensbergs Quarry

Latitude: 59°18'36"N
Longitude: 10°20'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.31,10.342222222222

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteCalciteChabaziteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzTitaniteZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
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)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1950658803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)195065706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21950652162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2195065606
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19506527770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1950652740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21950659617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319506514640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219506539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219506561156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1950655251



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