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Locality Name:
Lille Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 2490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lille Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bjerke
Eudidymite Locality

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

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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na O S Si Sr Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn Na O S Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAncyliteAstrophylliteBastnäsiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteClayCorundumDiaspore
EudialyteFeldsparFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneSodalite
TridymiteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Barylite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cappelenite-(Y)  (*)
Catapleiite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Eudidymite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hambergite  (*)Helvine  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Polylithionite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6294294294794,947951022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)29429408803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2942941947951627
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O29429419479592
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F294294194795161
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O729429419479533
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F294294194795304
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2294294194795606
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)29429419479527770
Cappelenite-(Y)  (*)NoneBaY6B6Si3O24F229429405
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O294294194794113
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)2942940481
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)22942940182
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O29429419479542
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22942941947959617
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)294294081
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S2942940237
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F294294055
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4294294044
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)294294294794,947954924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22942941947955800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2294294017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2942941947951236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)294294194795884
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F229429419479589
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO32942940244
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F4294294042
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2942941947955251



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 


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