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Locality Name:
Brandsnuten Manganese Deposit, Botnedal, Tokke, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 2462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brandsnuten Manganese Deposit, Botnedal, Tokke, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°30'1"N
Longitude: 7°39'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.500277777778,7.6513888888889
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O S Sb Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrauniteCalciteClayCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetNone
OlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelaneTitanite
Wollastonite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Bannisterite  (*)Braunite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caryopilite  (*)Copper  (*)Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Långbanite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Bannisterite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(Ca,K,Na)(Mn2+,Fe2+)10(Si,Al)16O38(OH)8·nH2O020
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)20101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4083
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O40172
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O6073
Långbanite  (*)NoneMn2+4Mn3+9Sb5+O16(SiO4)207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO30244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)0240
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899


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