Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Eikevegåsen Quarry, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 270504
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270504.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 59°3'33"N
Longitude: 9°50'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.059166666667,9.8355555555556

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Feldspar	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
None	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*	Böhmite ()*
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Hambergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meliphanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Th Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Feldspar Lepidocrocite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
None Pyroxene Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	195
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	115
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	232
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	237
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Meliphanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄	44
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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