Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Brønnebukta, Siktesøya, Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 2491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brønnebukta, Siktesøya, Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Analcime	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gaidonnayite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Berborite ()*	Böhmite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Eudidymite ()*	Ferrokentbrooksite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*	Hambergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hilairite ()*
Kupletskite ()*	Leucophanite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Polylithionite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*
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 B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Astrophyllite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite
Gaidonnayite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Berborite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)·H₂O	11
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	70
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	42
Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	15
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	21
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	237
Hilairite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	18
Kupletskite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	33
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	55
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	64
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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