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:
Torsberg, Flakvarp, Skien, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 286395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torsberg, Flakvarp, Skien, Telemark, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dragehullet

Latitude: 59°7'24"N
Longitude: 9°36'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.123333333333,9.6005555555556

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.

Alunite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcanthite Clay Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Epsomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Pentahydrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	93957	484
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	93957	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	93957	409
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	93957	1508
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	93957	254
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	93957	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	93957	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	93957	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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