Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balestrand, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 243794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balestrand, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fjærland Tunnel

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Uranophane-β ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Spinel Titanite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	93374	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	93374	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	93374	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	93374	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	93374	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	93374	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	93374	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	93374	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	93374	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	93374	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	93374	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	93374	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	93374	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	93374	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	93374	2349
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	93374	144
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93374	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	93374	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	93374	5614
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	93374	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	93374	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	93374	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	93374	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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