Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Skjåk, Oppland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 221150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skjåk, Oppland, Norway": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Dønfoss
Dørålen Cr Mine
Framruste
Grotli
Hestbrepiggan Area
Høygøymen Cr Mine
Raudalen
Raudalsvatnet

Latitude: 62°0'0"N
Longitude: 7°40'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62,7.6666666666667

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	Andalusite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Babingtonite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Iron ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	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 B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Iron Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92643	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	92643,92649	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	92641,92643	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	92643	708
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	92643	161
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	92643	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	92641,92643,92649	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	92643	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	92641,92643	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4	92642,92643,92648,92649	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	92643	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	92643,92646	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	92643,92649	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	92643	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	92650	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	92649	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	92641,92643,92646,92647	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92641	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	92641	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	92643	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	92646	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	92641,92643	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	92643	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	92641,92643	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	92641,92643	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	92645	1089
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	92643,92649	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	92641	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	92643	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	92641,92643,92646	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	92641,92643	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	92641,92643,92646,92649	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	92649	2273
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	92641	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	92641,92643	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	92641,92643,92646,92649	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	92641	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	92641,92643,92649	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	92641,92643,92646,92649	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	92643,92649	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	92645	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	92645	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	92643	3337
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	2	92641,92643	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	92641,92643,92649	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	92643	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	92645	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	92641	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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