Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 23983
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23983.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Åna-Sira
Hidra (Hitterø)

Latitude: 58°13'19"N
Longitude: 6°34'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.221944444444,6.5797222222222

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Beryl	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Gadolinite	Garnet	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

Abhurite ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*
Beryl ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Ferrosilite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spessartine ()*	Thorite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 As Be C Ca Ce Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Beryl Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Gadolinite Garnet Ilvaite Löllingite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

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
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			7	94523,94524,94526,94528,94529,94531,94532	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			9	94523,94524,94525,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	94520	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	94523	4286
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			1	94533	54
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	94520	327
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	94520	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	94521	414
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆			1	94521	84
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂			7	94523,94524,94526,94528,94529,94531,94532	163
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			9	94520,94523,94524,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)			1	94520	197
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O			1	94523	99
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	94533	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			9	94520,94523,94524,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			8	94524,94525,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	94523,94529	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	94521	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	94523,94524,94527,94528,94529,94531,94532	17380
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂			1	94531	46
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
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	94523,94524,94525,94527,94528,94529,94530,94531,94532	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	94528,94529,94531	1214
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	94521,94529	1006
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			9	94521,94523,94524,94526,94527,94528,94529,94531,94532	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			8	94521,94523,94524,94526,94528,94529,94531,94532	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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