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Locality Name:
Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite Deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 2510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite Deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nedre Dypingdal Mine
Øvre Dypingdal Mine

Latitude: 60°3'45"N
Longitude: 9°52'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.0625,9.875

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBerylBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldspar
HydrotalciteKornerupineMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
SerpentineSpinelTalc

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kornerupine  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Quintinite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spinel  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1912918803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)291290,912913250
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19129127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181912911008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31912911797
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21912919895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O050
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6191291944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)30504
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3291290,9129114640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)419129187
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)2068
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41912911507
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O4098
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)291290,912911487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21912912273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219129161156
Quintinite  (*)HydrotalciteMg4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O08
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)291290,9129187
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2291290,912913337



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