Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 2463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Arøsund
Arøya (Arö)
Arøyskjærene (Arøy Skerries)
Barkevik Area
Eikaholmen
Helgeroa
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer)
Lille Arøya
Stokkøya
Stokksund (Stoksund)
Vesle Arøya

Latitude: 59°0'12"N
Longitude: 9°48'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.003333333333,9.8077777777778
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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ca Fe H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAstrophylliteBastnäsite
CalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetHellanditeLöllingiteLeifiteLepidocrocite
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupParisitePectolite
PerovskitePharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StilbiteTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTridymiteWöhleriteZircon

102 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)
Andradite  (*)Annite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)Barylite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Böhmite  (*)Bornite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)
Burpalite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Cappelenite-(Y)  (*)Catapleiite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chiavennite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Edenite  (*)
Eirikite  (*)Epididymite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Eudidymite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ferrokentbrooksite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Grenmarite  (*)
Hainite-(Y)  (*)Hambergite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hilairite  (*)Hiortdahlite  (*)Homilite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Låvenite  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nordenskiöldine  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pectolite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Polylithionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)Serandite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O62942942194765,94771,94772,94773,94775,94778,94779,94780,94783,94785,94786,94787,94788,94792,94794,94795,94799,94802,94806,94807,948081022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6294294294786,94792286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2942941594769,94772,94773,94774,94785,94786,94787,94792,94793,94799,94802,94803,94806,94807,948088803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2942942194765,94767,94769,94771,94772,94778,94779,94781,94785,94786,94787,94788,94790,94792,94793,94795,94799,94802,94806,94807,948081627
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O29429419479592
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3294294294798,948021534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2294294994763,94769,94772,94780,94781,94786,94787,94796,94798356
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2294294394788,94806,94807295
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O2942940194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2942941947849052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F2942942594763,94764,94765,94771,94772,94773,94777,94778,94779,94780,94781,94782,94783,94784,94785,94786,94787,94788,94792,94793,94795,94796,94806,94807,94808161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62942941947802060
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O729429419479533
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F294294394777,94795,94807304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)294294194768255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2294294194795606
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O294294294781,94787178
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)294294494781,94783,94802,94807195
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42942941948025516
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)294294194802115
Burpalite  (*)WöhleriteNa4Ca2Zr2(Si2O7)2F42942941948085
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)294294994763,94771,94772,94781,94788,94792,94795,94807,9480827770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O294294794767,94777,94779,94781,94786,94787,94792232
Cappelenite-(Y)  (*)NoneBaY6B6Si3O24F2294294294793,948085
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O2942941994764,94771,94772,94774,94777,94780,94781,94782,94786,94787,94788,94792,94793,94794,94803,94805,94806,94807,94808113
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)294294394771,94780,947924979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2294294494780,94797,94802,9480427198
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)229429419479989
Chiavennite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(BeOH)2Si5O13·2H2O29429419480722
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2942941948024165
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)2942940498
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)294294794764,94772,94773,94780,94786,94787,94793481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2942941948021027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16294294194802300
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2294294194807160
Eirikite  (*)LeifiteKNa6Be2(Si15Al3)O39F22942941948074
Epididymite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O294294294788,9480770
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2294294794771,94772,94786,94787,94793,94801,94807182
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O294294394788,94795,9480742
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2294294494777,94781,94786,9480757
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22942940271
Ferrokentbrooksite  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe2+3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)2294294294779,9478615
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F294294594764,94772,94781,94784,948022740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O294294794771,94780,94781,94784,94792,94807,94808303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22942942394763,94764,94769,94771,94772,94773,94774,94779,94781,94785,94786,94788,94790,94792,94793,94795,94797,94799,94802,94803,94804,94807,948089617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2942941194771,94773,94780,94785,94786,94787,94792,94797,94802,94807,9480824243
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S294294294792,9480260
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3294294694781,94786,94787,94788,94802,94805504
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O294294194792167
Grenmarite  (*)NoneNa2Zr2Na2MnZr(Si2O7)2O2F22942941948082
Hainite-(Y)  (*)None(Ca3Y)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2294294394776,94787,9479211
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)294294394788,94790,9479381
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2294294194777209
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S294294494771,94781,94793,94802237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3294294294799,9480214640
Hilairite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi3O9·3H2O29429419480818
Hiortdahlite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF3294294294772,9480321
Homilite  (*)GadoliniteCa2Fe2+B2Si2O10294294794767,94769,94771,94774,94796,94798,948048
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62942941947801066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32942941947925433
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)42942941094763,94771,94780,94781,94783,94792,94804,94805,94806,9480858
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F2942941894764,94765,94771,94773,94780,94782,94783,94785,94786,94787,94788,94792,94793,94799,94803,94806,94807,9480855
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22942941594763,94765,94769,94771,94773,94776,94781,94782,94787,94788,94792,94796,94806,94807,94808762
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)29429419479282
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4294294694763,94786,94792,94799,94802,9480714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)229429419480212537
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)294294294771,947857
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)42942941094767,94769,94771,94775,94793,94796,94797,94798,94802,9480444
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2942942194764,94772,94773,94774,94775,94777,94779,94780,94786,94787,94792,94794,94795,94798,94799,94801,94802,94803,94804,94807,948084924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22942941994764,94765,94767,94769,94772,94773,94774,94781,94785,94786,94787,94788,94792,94795,94796,94797,94806,94807,948085800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)294294194807945
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2294294694774,94780,94786,94787,94792,9479945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2294294494777,94781,94787,9479317380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2942942394765,94771,94772,94773,94774,94777,94779,94780,94781,94785,94786,94787,94788,94790,94792,94793,94795,94796,94799,94802,94806,94807,948081236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)2942942794762,94763,94764,94767,94769,94771,94772,94773,94774,94777,94779,94780,94781,94785,94786,94787,94788,94792,94795,94796,94797,94799,94802,94803,94806,94807,94808884
Nordenskiöldine  (*)NoneCaSn(BO3)2294294294767,9476916
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2294294194807112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)2942940363
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3294294294792,94796495
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O294294294781,94807428
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F2294294394792,94795,9480789
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2294294494771,94772,94773,9480239462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3294294994786,94787,94792,94793,94796,94799,94802,94803,94807244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82942941947819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2294294394768,94771,9477761156
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2294294494770,94772,94773,9478653
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F42942941194771,94772,94773,94774,94780,94786,94787,94792,94793,94801,9480842
Serandite  (*)PectoliteNaMn2+2Si3O8(OH)29429419480738
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl294294694774,94777,94786,94792,94806,94807444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2942941494771,94772,94773,94777,94780,94782,94786,94787,94788,94792,94796,94806,94807,9480821482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O294294294768,94788268
Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeBSiO529429419478019
Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)HellanditeCa4Ce2Ti   (B4Si4O22)(OH)2294294794777,94779,94780,94781,94786,94792,9480714
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132942941948025317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O294294694763,94786,94788,94792,94799,94805452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2942941194763,94771,94772,94777,94779,94780,94786,94787,94788,94792,948081006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O294294394774,94792,948024899
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)2942941194763,94771,94782,94783,94784,94786,94787,94792,94799,94803,9480719
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)42942941494765,94772,94773,94774,94779,94780,94784,94785,94786,94787,94792,94796,94797,9480883
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42942941947721655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)294294194771939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2942942494764,94765,94767,94769,94771,94772,94773,94774,94777,94779,94781,94785,94786,94787,94790,94791,94792,94795,94797,94799,94802,94804,94807,948085251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00062294294294  high   YesGugiaiteBe146895Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, NorwayLarvik plutonic complex, NorwayLarsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-14Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-14
R060063Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R060063
R141183Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R141183
R050004Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R050004
R060786Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R060786
R060046Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R060046
R050275Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R050275
R060086Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R060086
R070514Arøya (Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R070514
R060044Barkevika, Barkevik Area, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R060044
R060837Barkevikskjær, Barkevik Area, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R060837
R040005Eikaholmen, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R040005
FKM-73Stokkøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norwayhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-51-to-fkm-75/#FKM-73

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