Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vest-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 962
Youngest recorded age at locality: 944

mindat Locality ID: 23861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vest-Agder, Norway": 122
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 87

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Åseral
Audnedal
Farsund
Flekkefjord
Kristiansand
Kvinesdal
Lindesnes
Lyngdal
Mandal
Marnardal
Sirdal
Songdalen
Søgne
Vennesla

Latitude: 58°17'7"N
Longitude: 7°19'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.285277777778,7.3213888888889

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.

Acanthite	Aeschynite	Allanite	Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Ilvaite	Kaolinite
Löllingite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Schoepite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Titanite	Triplite	Vesuvianite	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: Ag Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aeschynite Allanite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copiapite Copper Corundum Descloizite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Humite Ilvaite Kaolinite
Löllingite Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scapolite Schoepite
Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Titanite Triplite Vesuvianite Zircon

97 IMA Minerals at location:

Abhurite ()*	Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*
Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clarkeite ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cotunnite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorbritholite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fourmarierite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Groutite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Hisingerite ()*	Hydrohalite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Meionite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Abhurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Sn²⁺₂₁O₆(OH)₁₄Cl₁₆	0	0	1	94533	7
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	94551	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	94585	3419
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	94521	43
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			8	94523,94524,94526,94528,94529,94531,94532,94588	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			10	94523,94524,94525,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532,94585	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	94585	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	94607	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	94585	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	94535	1310
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	94520	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			7	94507,94509,94545,94548,94552,94556,94603	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	94585	304
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)			1	94542	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			6	94499,94523,94549,94554,94585,94588	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	94518,94588	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			12	94507,94509,94539,94540,94544,94548,94551,94556,94585,94606,94612,94613	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	94498,94551,94585,94607	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			1	94544	285
Clarkeite ()*	None	Na(UO₂)O(OH)·nH₂O			1	94585	18
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	94544	236
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	94607	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	94548	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	94592	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	94592	1797
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			1	94533	54
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	94520,94607	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			3	94539,94540,94613	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	94520,94539,94585	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			4	94521,94585,94588,94589	414
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	962	956	1	94563	345
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆			1	94521	84
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	94612	2740
Fluorbritholite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	(Y,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃F			1	94612	7
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			6	94507,94509,94544,94585,94597,94617	9617
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O			1	94585	61
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂			8	94523,94524,94526,94528,94529,94531,94532,94588	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	94509,94551	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	94509,94548,94556	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	94544	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	94539,94540	1544
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	94548	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	94605	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	94502,94585	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	94592	407
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	94516	144
Hydrohalite ()*	None	NaCl·2H₂O			1	94508	17
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			10	94520,94523,94524,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532,94585	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)			1	94520	197
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O			1	94523	99
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	94548	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O			1	94585	198
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	94533	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			13	94520,94523,94524,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532,94544,94555,94585,94600	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	94548,94585	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			3	94545,94546,94548	770
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			2	94539,94544	176
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	94607	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			13	94504,94506,94524,94525,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532,94548,94585,94589	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	962	944	10	94503,94523,94529,94544,94564,94565,94567,94585,94607,94610	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	94521	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			10	94523,94524,94527,94528,94529,94531,94532,94548,94585,94588	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)			1	94548	186
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	94585	306
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂			1	94531	46
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	94544,94548	2273
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			7	94523,94524,94526,94528,94529,94531,94532	121
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	94520	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	962	956	7	94539,94544,94551,94556,94563,94585,94607	39462
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)			1	94548	21
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			4	94507,94509,94548,94598	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	94591	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	94498,94544,94551	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	962	956	30	94498,94499,94502,94504,94506,94507,94509,94523,94524,94525,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532,94539,94540,94544,94548,94554,94558,94564,94585,94588,94589,94591,94592,94605,94612	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			3	94509,94548,94594	88
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	94548	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	94509,94548	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	94548	312
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	94607	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	94538,94544	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	94585	353
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]			1	94592	129
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	94551	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			4	94528,94529,94531,94585	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	94551	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			3	94539,94544,94606	1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	94508	275
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	94560	211
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			6	94521,94529,94579,94581,94585,94588	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	94544,94585,94612	4899
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F			1	94560	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	962	956	3	94563,94585,94612	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	94585	890
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	94548	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			4	94539,94540,94544,94547	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	962	956	11	94499,94521,94523,94524,94526,94527,94528,94529,94531,94532,94563	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			11	94521,94523,94524,94526,94528,94529,94531,94532,94544,94585,94612	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Mo-00479	959	953	956±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	ØF1	Molybdenite		Mo	236853	Flottorp Molybdenium Mines, Audnedal, Vest-Agder, Norway	Flottorp	Bingen et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.lithos.2005.06.017	L87_328
Mo-00480	950	944	947±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	ØF2	Molybdenite		Mo	236853	Flottorp Molybdenium Mines, Audnedal, Vest-Agder, Norway	Flottorp	Bingen et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.lithos.2005.06.017	L87_328
Mo-00266	962	956	959±3	Re-Os	molybdenite	RF1	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite	Mo	52668	Kvinesdal, Vest-Agder, Norway	Kvinesdal	Bingen et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.lithos.2005.06.017	L87_328

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060312	Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway	https://rruff.info/R060312
R080045	Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway	https://rruff.info/R080045
R060351	Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway	https://rruff.info/R060351

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