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Locality Name:
Blåfjell (E18 Roadcuts), Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts, Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 243592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blåfjell (E18 Roadcuts), Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts, Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°5'31"N
Longitude: 9°48'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.091944444444,9.8027777777778

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.

Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Löllingite
Melilite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chiavennite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Eudidymite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Ferrochiavennite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*	Hambergite ()*
Helvine ()*	Hydroxylgugiaite ()*	Leucophanite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Löllingite
Melilite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	294	294	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	294	294	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	294	294	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	294	294	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	294	294	27770
Chiavennite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(BeOH)₂Si₅O₁₃·2H₂O	294	294	22
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	70
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	42
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	294	294	371
Ferrochiavennite ()*	None	Ca_1-2Fe[(Si,Al,Be)₅Be₂O₁₃(OH)₂]·2H₂O	294	294	2
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	294	294	9617
Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	Ce₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	294	294	31
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	294	294	24243
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	294	294	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	294	294	237
Hydroxylgugiaite ()*	Melilite	(Ca₃ )_Σ4(Si_3.5Be_2.5)_Σ6O₁₁(OH)₃	294	294	3
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	294	294	55
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	294	294	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	294	294	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	294	294	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	294	294	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	294	294	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	294	294	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	294	294	244
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	294	294	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	294	294	1006
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	294	294	83
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-00059	294	294	294			high						Ferrochiavennite	Be	243592	Blåfjell (E18 Roadcuts), Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts, Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway		Larsen (2010)		BOOK_LHGPM_2010

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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