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Locality Name:
Vadretteskogen (Myrbakken), Skien, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 283357
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283357.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vadretteskogen (Myrbakken), Skien, Telemark, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Unnamed Prospect

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: Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19399427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1939944979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219399427198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5193994344
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21939949617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19399424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1939947437
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6193994741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419399414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219399412537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219399439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219399461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19399421482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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