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:
Arøya NE, Arøya (Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 238802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arøya NE, Arøya (Arö), 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

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.

Apatite	Astrophyllite	Catapleiite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	None	Tridymite	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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Astrophyllite Catapleiite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite None Tridymite Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Astrophyllite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Leucophanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	294	294	161
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	294	294	113
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	294	294	481
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	294	294	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	294	294	9617
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	294	294	55
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	294	294	5800
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	294	294	884
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	294	294	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	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	Age Notes
	Be-00062	294	294	294			high				Yes		Gugiaite	Be	146895	Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway	Larvik plutonic complex, Norway	Larsen (2010)		BOOK_LHGPM_2010

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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