Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Austre Moland, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 252462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Austre Moland, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bubråten Feldspar Quarry
Fjeld Quarry (Fjellvand Quarry)
Haslestad
Hørdalen Feldspar Quarry
Øynesvatnet

Latitude: 58°33'51"N
Longitude: 8°49'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.564166666667,8.8305555555556

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.

Calcite	Heulandite	None	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	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 C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Heulandite None Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite-K ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	89743	27770
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	89743	246
Heulandite-K ()*	Heulandite	(K,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	89743	32
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	485	444	0		14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	89744	61156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	485	444	1	89742	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	485	444	0		4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	485	444	0		5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00662	485	444	Ordovician											252463	Fjeld Quarry (Fjellvand Quarry), Austre Moland, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway	Fjeldgruve	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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