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Locality Name:
Sylling, Lier, Buskerud, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 259607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sylling, Lier, Buskerud, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hørtekollen
Hørtekollen Fluorite Mine

Latitude: 59°54'37"N
Longitude: 10°15'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.910277777778,10.258611111111
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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
HeulanditeMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhodoniteSmectite-vermiculiteSodalite
SphaleriteSpinelVesuvianiteWollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Helvine  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1912468803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)191245706
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)291245,9124627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219124527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)291245,912468173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2291245,912469617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3291245,912461544
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S191245237
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1912451689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O191245246
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O19124528
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419124514899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21912455800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1912451508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219124517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1912462349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219124639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2291245,9124661156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)191245969
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1912451153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1912452473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19124521482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10291245,912461395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31912451247


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