Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Avesta, Dalarna County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 24272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avesta, Dalarna County, Sweden": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Folkärna
Möklinta Ore Field

Latitude: 60°6'38"N
Longitude: 16°22'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.110555555556,16.371388888889

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Beryl	Braunite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Corundum	Dollaseite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fornacite	Garnet	Gypsum	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Titanite
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dollaseite-(Ce) ()*
Epidote ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kentrolite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Törnebohmite-(Ce) ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Beryl Braunite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Corundum Dollaseite Epidote Feldspar Fornacite Garnet Gypsum Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Spinel Talc Titanite
Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	111217	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111213	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	111218,111219,111220	706
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	111213	1534
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	111211	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	111213	27770
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	1	111219	47
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	111209	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	111213	1756
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	111213	94
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	111213	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	111209	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	111217	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	111211,111213	4135
Dollaseite-(Ce) ()*	Dollaseite Epidote	CaCe(Mg₂Al)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]F(OH)	4	111217,111218,111219,111221	12
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	111213,111215	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	111213	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	111213	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	111211,111217	14640
Kentrolite ()*	None	Pb₂Mn³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)	1	111211	22
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	111213	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	111209,111211,111213,111217,111219,111220	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	111213	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	111209,111217	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	111209,111213	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	111209,111213	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	111213	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	111211,111214	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	111210,111212	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	111217	1516
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	111209,111213,111219	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	111213	4899
Törnebohmite-(Ce) ()*	Fornacite	Ce₂Al(SiO₄)₂(OH)	2	111217,111218	23
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	111213	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	111213	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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