Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kragerø, Telemark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1060

mindat Locality ID: 2487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kragerø, Telemark, Norway": 93
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 74

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Åtangen
Bekkedalen
Bonustomta
Frydensborg
Fugleheia
Gofjell
Hullerøya
Kalstad
Kammerfoss Area
Kragerø Archipelago
Kragerø Town
Levang
Lindvikskollen-Kalstadgangen Pegmatite
Magnesiodumortierite Occurrence
Mian
Miantjenn ("West Of Kammerfoss River")
Østland
Rv 38
Sannidal
Sjåen
Sjåen Feldspar Mine (Høgsjåen)
Soppekilen
Stabbestad
Studsdalen
Tangen Feldspar Mine
Tevannsbrønnen
Tyskerporten
Valberg
Våsjø

Latitude: 58°52'43"N
Longitude: 9°23'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.878611111111,9.3936111111111

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Danburite	Diaspore
Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Hellandite	Heulandite	Hydrotalcite	Kornerupine
Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite
Parisite	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tengerite
Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vivianite	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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu Er F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb REE S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y Yb Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Danburite Diaspore
Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Hellandite Heulandite Hydrotalcite Kornerupine
Malachite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite
Parisite Pentlandite Phenakite Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Tengerite
Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

105 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*
Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Babingtonite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Caysichite-(Y) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Danburite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite-K ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Hingganite-(Yb) ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*
Kornerupine ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lokkaite-(Y) ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesiodumortierite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Retgersite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			5	93689,93732,93747,93748,93767	3419
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	93758	286
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	93723	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			20	93677,93678,93682,93687,93692,93701,93705,93706,93723,93725,93726,93727,93729,93732,93733,93756,93758,93761,93762,93767	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	93723	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	93740,93767	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			3	93723,93726,93767	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	93709,93767	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	93743	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1100	1060	0		9052
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1100	1060	0		161
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O			1	93697	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	93697	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	93697	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	93699	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1100	1060	0		5516
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O			1	93729	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			13	93677,93680,93682,93683,93684,93697,93703,93705,93709,93722,93727,93741,93767	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄			1	93767	154
Caysichite-(Y) ()*	None	(Ca,Yb,Er)₄Y₄(Si₈O₂₀)(CO₃)₆(OH)·7H₂O			1	93723	8
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	93741,93762,93767	27198
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)			1	93723	46
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	93751	203
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			5	93687,93689,93726,93764,93767	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	93767	966
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	93762	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	93767	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			5	93717,93724,93730,93748,93767	1008
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈			1	93762	148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			4	93677,93729,93732,93747	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	93714,93767	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	93688,93767	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈			2	93693,93696	231
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			3	93729,93747,93767	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			7	93677,93688,93727,93733,93741,93760,93767	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	93767	814
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			4	93721,93722,93758,93762	414
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1100	1060	0		271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			3	93713,93723,93741	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	93767	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	93738	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	93760	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	93743,93744,93767	2812
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Y₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂			1	93723	18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			11	93680,93704,93705,93706,93707,93726,93745,93762,93764,93766,93767	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	93767	246
Heulandite-K ()*	Heulandite	(K,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	93767	32
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)			1	93723	55
Hingganite-(Yb) ()*	Gadolinite	BeYb(SiO₄)(OH)			1	93762	2
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄			1	93743	87
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			3	93677,93725,93767	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			14	93678,93682,93684,93689,93695,93697,93721,93722,93725,93729,93763,93764,93766,93767	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	93744	2228
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O			2	93723,93762	99
Kamphaugite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O			1	93762	28
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂			1	93724	68
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			3	93724,93755,93766	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			2	93727,93767	1271
Lokkaite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₄(CO₃)₇·9H₂O			1	93762	10
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	93767	451
Magnesiodumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	MgAl₆BSi₃O₁₇(OH)			1	93724	6
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			15	93677,93689,93703,93704,93705,93706,93721,93726,93729,93738,93747,93753,93758,93762,93767	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	93767	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	93767	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			6	93692,93721,93722,93723,93758,93762	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	93767	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	93767	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			3	93686,93723,93769	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	93767	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			8	93692,93693,93721,93722,93723,93738,93759,93767	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			2	93727,93767	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	93702	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	93767	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			2	93732,93767	306
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	93767	767
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂			1	93762	112
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	93767	1512
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			2	93723,93762	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	93767	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	93688,93733,93767	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	93767	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			11	93699,93715,93722,93725,93731,93732,93733,93741,93744,93762,93767	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	93715,93767	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			31	93677,93679,93683,93684,93693,93697,93709,93710,93718,93721,93722,93723,93725,93726,93727,93728,93729,93737,93738,93739,93741,93743,93745,93749,93757,93758,93759,93762,93764,93766,93767	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	93767	55
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	93743	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			15	93679,93680,93682,93683,93684,93687,93697,93699,93709,93723,93729,93748,93756,93764,93767	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			7	93685,93721,93722,93723,93746,93759,93762	2705
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄			1	93767	249
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	93693	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	93767	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	93767	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	93767	456
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	93762	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			4	93684,93701,93724,93729	3337
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1100	1060	1	93720	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			4	93721,93722,93723,93762	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			14	93680,93682,93713,93721,93723,93726,93729,93734,93756,93757,93758,93762,93764,93767	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	93762	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	93767	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	93712	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			2	93767,93769	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	93767	380
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			3	93723,93728,93769	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1060	1060	6	93720,93721,93723,93758,93762,93769	5251

2 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
	Giersdorf_00000169	1100	1100	~1100	K-Ar	Host Rock Age									287475	Levang, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway	Levang area	Baadsgaard, et. al (1984)		NGT64_111
	Giersdorf_00000170	1060	1060	1060	U-Pb	Reactivation age							Zircon		287475	Levang, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway	Levang gneiss dome	Baadsgaard, et. al (1984)		NGT64_111

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050336	Kragerø, Telemark, Norway	https://rruff.info/R050336
R040132	Kragerø, Telemark, Norway	https://rruff.info/R040132
FKM-203	Sannidal, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-203
X050014	Sannidal, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway	https://rruff.info/X050014

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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