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:
Nystein, Bamble Nickel Mines, Bamble, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 240091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nystein, Bamble Nickel Mines, Bamble, Telemark, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hansås Mine
Nystein Mine
Vissestad Mine

Latitude: 58°59'29"N
Longitude: 9°35'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.991388888889,9.5955555555556

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Spinel

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Vaesite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	93571	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	93570,93571,93572	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	93570,93571,93572	4135
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	93570,93571,93572	5433
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	3	93570,93571,93572	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	93570,93571,93572	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	93572	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	93570,93571,93572	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	93570,93571,93572	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	93570,93571,93572	9056
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	93572	106
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	93572	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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