Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 2457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway": 127
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 101

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Arendal Iron Mines
Austre Moland
Ærøy Island
Bjornes Iron Mines
Bjørnebo
Buøy Island
Flosta Island
Gullknapp Feldspar Quarry
Havsøy Island
Hisøy (Hisø)
Jortjern
Kloppene
Krøgenes
Landbø Mine (Landbo Mine)
Stoa
Stokken
Tromøy
Vivesøl Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 58°30'13"N
Longitude: 8°49'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.503611111111,8.8166666666667

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.

Acanthite	Aeschynite	Allanite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apophyllite	Axinite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Garnet	Heulandite	Humite	Kornerupine	Malachite	Marcasite	Melilite	Mica	Molybdenite
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stilbite	Talc
Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Nb O Si Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aeschynite Allanite Amphibole Analcime Apophyllite Axinite Baryte Beryl Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Garnet Heulandite Humite Kornerupine Malachite Marcasite Melilite Mica Molybdenite
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rutile Sapphirine Scapolite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stilbite Talc
Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*
Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*
Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Cahnite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Groutite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite-K ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Okayamalite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Schorl ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	89768	2793
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			2	89790,89791	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			16	89690,89698,89701,89708,89732,89755,89778,89780,89784,89786,89787,89788,89790,89795,89800,89803	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	485	444	0		706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	89698	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			6	89690,89694,89701,89735,89736,89790	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			8	89683,89687,89690,89694,89697,89775,89776,89781	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			3	89694,89698,89715	2060
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			1	89721	260
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂			2	89685,89735	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	89690,89694	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)			6	89683,89687,89717,89732,89733,89737	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	89690,89715	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	89737,89780	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	89698	5516
Cahnite ()*	Zircon	Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄			1	89723	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			27	89684,89690,89694,89698,89699,89701,89715,89717,89721,89723,89733,89734,89735,89736,89737,89743,89760,89768,89773,89781,89782,89783,89784,89790,89801,89806,89808	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			7	89690,89721,89734,89780,89781,89787,89790	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	485	444	0		285
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			1	89739	321
Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	None	YNbO₄	485	444	0		17
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	89717	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	485	444	0		1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	485	444	0		3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			3	89766,89800,89803	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	89766	1797
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			3	89721,89723,89735	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			9	89690,89697,89698,89723,89734,89735,89755,89776,89797	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	89717	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			19	89687,89690,89694,89697,89698,89701,89717,89732,89733,89734,89735,89736,89737,89762,89763,89775,89776,89778,89808	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			3	89774,89786,89790	414
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	485	444	0		271
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	89736	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	89735	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	89694	445
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	89768,89769	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	89734	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			4	89694,89721,89723,89808	1544
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	89723	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	485	444	0		14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			2	89690,89743	246
Heulandite-K ()*	Heulandite	(K,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			2	89690,89743	32
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	89735,89784,89803	5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂			2	89800,89803	68
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	444	25	89690,89694,89698,89699,89700,89701,89702,89703,89704,89705,89707,89712,89713,89714,89715,89721,89723,89732,89737,89740,89755,89794,89795,89797,89799	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	89694	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	89734,89768	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	89734	139
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	89736	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	89734,89760	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	89690,89692,89780	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	89762,89763,89780,89786,89790,89792	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			2	89687,89690	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			2	89735,89768	633
Okayamalite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂B₂SiO₇			1	89683	2
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			6	89687,89690,89694,89735,89755,89795	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			7	89704,89705,89712,89713,89714,89734,89746	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	89690,89698,89701,89735,89790,89797	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			14	89690,89721,89723,89732,89734,89768,89774,89778,89780,89781,89782,89787,89788,89790	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	89734,89787	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			30	89690,89694,89698,89708,89715,89717,89721,89734,89744,89746,89752,89753,89755,89760,89762,89763,89766,89774,89778,89780,89781,89782,89784,89786,89787,89788,89789,89793,89795,89803	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	89683	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	89734,89746,89805	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]			1	89766	129
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	89721	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	89736	390
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	89766	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	89735,89768,89769	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	89732	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	89690,89698,89717,89723	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			5	89715,89723,89766,89801,89808	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	89766	978
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O			4	89687,89690,89696,89736	189
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	89698	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	485	444	4	89742,89771,89784,89799	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	485	444	16	89690,89694,89698,89701,89717,89734,89735,89737,89740,89755,89757,89760,89767,89782,89793,89808	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	89734	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	89784	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	89784	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	89694,89735	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			3	89760,89770,89804	939
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄			1	89786	51
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	485	444	12	89690,89694,89715,89723,89732,89734,89737,89740,89760,89786,89793,89803	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	89723	1025

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
	vms-00662	485	444	Ordovician											252463	Fjeld Quarry (Fjellvand Quarry), Austre Moland, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway	Fjeldgruve	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050043	Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway	https://rruff.info/R050043
R080092	Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway	https://rruff.info/R080092
R070600	Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway	https://rruff.info/R070600
R080103	Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway	https://rruff.info/R080103

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