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:
Valberg, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 230525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valberg, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Polychroilith Locality
Valberg Quarry

Latitude: 58°53'3"N
Longitude: 9°25'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.884166666667,9.4191666666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite
Tourmaline	Vivianite

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 B C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Heulandite Malachite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pentlandite Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite
Tourmaline Vivianite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite-K ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Retgersite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*

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	93767	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	93767	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	93767	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	93767	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	93767	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	93767	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	93767	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	93767	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	93767	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	93767	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	93767	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	93767	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	93767	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	93767	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	93767	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	93767	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	93767	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	93767	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	93767	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	93766,93767	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	93767	246
Heulandite-K ()*	Heulandite	(K,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	93767	32
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	93767	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	93766,93767	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	93766	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	93767	1271
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	93767	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	93767	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	93767	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	93767	139
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	93767	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	93767	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	93767	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	93767	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	93767	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	93767	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	93767	306
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	93767	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	93767	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	93767	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	93767	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	93767	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93767	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	93767	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	93766,93767	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	93767	55
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	93767	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	93767	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	93767	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	93767	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	93767	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	93767	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	93767	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	93767	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	93767	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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