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Locality Name:
Askøy, Hordaland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 230217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Askøy, Hordaland, Norway": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Florvågøen Island
Follesø
Kolavåg
Kråkås
Roadcut Near Hanøytangen

Latitude: 60°25'20"N
Longitude: 5°12'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.422222222222,5.2130555555556

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 F Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181916784286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)291674,9167627770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)291675,916788173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2291674,916769617
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41916771507
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21916771898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219167639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2291674,9167661156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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