Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Færder Islands, Færder, Vestfold, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 217631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Færder Islands, Færder, Vestfold, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hoftøya
Langøya

Latitude: 59°1'36"N
Longitude: 10°31'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.026666666667,10.524444444444

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Annite ()*	Calcite ()*	Eudidymite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Thorite ()*	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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Th Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	94627,94628	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	94627,94628	8803
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	94627,94628	356
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	94627,94628	27770
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	1	94628	42
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	94627	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	94627	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	94627	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	94627	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	94627,94628	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	94627,94628	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	94627,94628	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	94627,94628	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	94627,94628	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	94628	375
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	94627	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	94627	456
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	94627	1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	94627,94628	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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