Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tønsbergfjorden, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 217940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tønsbergfjorden, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Helgerødskjær
Stauper Islands

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Bastnäsite	Clay	Diaspore	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Mica	Natrolite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Spinel	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Diaspore ()*	Eudialyte ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Pyrite ()*	Thorite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si Th Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Bastnäsite Clay Diaspore Eudialyte Feldspar Mica Natrolite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Spinel Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

14 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	1	95010	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95010	8803
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	95010	304
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	95010	481
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	1	95011	182
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	95010	2740
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	95010,95011	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95011	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	95010	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	95010,95011	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	95010	39462
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	95011	1006
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	1	95011	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	95010,95011	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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