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Locality Name:
Melanocerite Typelocality, Kjeøya, Barkevik Area, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 294
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 238712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melanocerite Typelocality, Kjeøya, Barkevik Area, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAstrophylliteFeldsparFluoriteMolybdeniteNatroliteNonePyroxeneRocksalt
TridymiteWöhleriteZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O629429401022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29429408803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O29429401627
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F2942940161
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF229429409617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS294294024243
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F294294055
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)29429407
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS229429405800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O29429401236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)2942940884
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294083
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)29429405251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00062294294294  high   YesGugiaiteBe146895Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, NorwayLarvik plutonic complex, NorwayLarsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 

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