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Locality Name:
Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 2516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Øvstebø

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetNonePyroxene
QuartzScheeliteVesuvianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cyprine  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Piemontite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1936738803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19367327770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1936731025
Cyprine  (*)VesuvianiteCa19Cu2+(Al,Mg)12Si18O69(OH)91936733
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61936734135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1936738173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21936739617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31936731544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319367314640
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)193673260
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219367361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1936734894
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21936732562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101936731395
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1936731025



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-151Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norwayhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-151


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