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Locality Name:
Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 2522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°2'39"N
Longitude: 9°49'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.044166666667,9.8316666666667

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 As B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteAstrophylliteBastnäsiteCalcite
CancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDiasporeEudialyte
FeldsparFluoriteHellanditeKaoliniteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMeliliteMicaMolybdenite
NatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupParisitePerovskitePyroxeneSapphirineScheeliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurThomsoniteTridymiteWöhleriteZircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Amesite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Annite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Barylite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Behoite  (*)Berborite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Böhmite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Bromellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chiavennite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Ephesite  (*)Epididymite  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Eudidymite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)Hambergite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hydroxylgugiaite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Powellite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)Sauconite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)Tetrawickmanite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Thorite  (*)Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)Wickmanite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]0133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4074
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20356
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F0161
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O7033
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F0304
Behoite  (*)CristobaliteBe(OH)2024
Berborite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)·H2O011
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)0195
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)0115
Bromellite  (*)NoneBeO09
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O0232
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)3047
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chiavennite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(BeOH)2Si5O13·2H2O022
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Ephesite  (*)MicaNaLiAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2021
Epididymite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O070
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)20182
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O042
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)30504
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O0167
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)081
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S0237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O0144
Hydroxylgugiaite  (*)Melilite(Ca3   )Σ4(Si3.5Be2.5)Σ6O11(OH)303
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F055
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4044
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)0186
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F20112
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2053
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F4042
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O056
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)HellanditeCa4Ce2Ti   (B4Si4O22)(OH)2014
Tetrawickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)608
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)019
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)6024
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4083
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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