Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buer, Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 2513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buer, Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°10'13"N
Longitude: 9°45'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.170277777778,9.7513888888889

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.

Allanite	Ancylite	Apophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None
Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Spinel
Titanite	Tobermorite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Amesite ()*
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Andradite ()*	Barylite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*
Datolite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*	Helvine ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Nepheline ()*	Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Perrierite-(La) ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*
Serandite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Ancylite Apophyllite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Malachite Mica None
Pectolite Perovskite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Spinel
Titanite Tobermorite Tridymite Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	74
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	92
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇	33
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	89
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	196
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	Ce₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	31
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	237
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	57
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca₂Nb₂O₆O	11
Perrierite-(La) ()*	Chevkinite	(La,Ce,Ca)₄(Fe²⁺,Mn)(Ti,Fe³⁺,Al)₄[(Si₂O₇)O₄]₂	2
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	38
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	114
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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