Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Knipan (Knipane), Ljosland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 222763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Knipan (Knipane), Ljosland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ljosland 04 (Thortveitittgruva)
Ljosland 05 Quarry (Knipan 2)
Ljosland 09 Feldspar Quarry (Garnet Quarry)
Ljosland 15 Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 58°29'54"N
Longitude: 7°57'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.498333333333,7.9555555555556

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.

Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Thortveitite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
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 As Be C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Fe H Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel
Thortveitite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	90599	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0		1627
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	90599,90601	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	90599	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	90599	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	90599	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	90599	414
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	90599	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	90599,90600,90601	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	90599	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	90599,90600,90601	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	90599,90600,90601	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	90599	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	90599	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	90599,90600,90601	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	90599	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	90599	1214
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	1	90599	54
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	90599	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	90599,90600	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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