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Locality Name:
Lier, Buskerud, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 24338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lier, Buskerud, Norway": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Asdøl
Asdøljuvet (Astøljuvet)
Drammensmarka
Garsjø
Lahell Quarry
Lier Area
Lierskogen
Liertoppen
Øksne Quarry
Slettfjella
Sørumlia
Sørvollen
Sylling
Tranby

Latitude: 59°50'33"N
Longitude: 10°14'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.8425,10.242777777778

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 As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousApatiteApophylliteArsenicBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalcite
Cancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteEttringiteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHeulanditeLanthaniteMalachiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Langite  (*)Lanthanite-(La)  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3191238315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)391238,91239,912468803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)191245706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2391228,91238,912392162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3591234,91235,91236,91238,912481534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2291234,912485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)291236,9123811547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2191239606
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1912361966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3491230,91234,91236,912481935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)291234,91248716
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)419123679
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6291234,912481633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2191228700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1091221,91222,91224,91233,91234,91237,91238,91245,91246,9124827770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4291230,91236154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1912225707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2591230,91234,91236,91245,9124827198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1912381025
Copper  (*)CopperCu1912483846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O291234,912482970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61912314135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)491231,91238,91245,912468173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1912282740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O191237303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2791231,91236,91238,91242,91245,91246,912489617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS591230,91232,91234,91236,9124824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)291234,912487437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3591231,91238,91245,91246,912481544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1912486890
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S291236,91245237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319122814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O291238,912451689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O391237,91243,91245246
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61912361066
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O19124528
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O291234,91248593
Lanthanite-(La)  (*)LanthaniteLa2(CO3)3·8H2O19123810
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1912381271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4591230,91234,91236,91245,9124814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2291234,9124812537
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O191237425
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2391238,91242,912455800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1912451508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2391228,91242,9124517380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1912371236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1912242994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)491228,91238,91239,912462349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2291222,912371898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2691233,91234,91237,91238,91246,9124839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21091228,91234,91235,91236,91238,91239,91242,91245,91246,9124861156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)191245969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21912285614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1912424894
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O191237390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1912451153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)291236,912452473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS891230,91232,91233,91235,91236,91237,91245,9124821482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21912313337
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O191237183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O291238,912394899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10491224,91237,91245,912461395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3791231,91233,91235,91237,91238,91245,912481247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4291234,912381655



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