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Locality Name:
Tranby, Lier, Buskerud, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 288288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tranby, Lier, Buskerud, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Buttedal Mine

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: Al 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: 
BismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteWollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Langite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31912481534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21912485509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31912481935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)191248716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61912481633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19124827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219124827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1912483846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1912482970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21912489617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19124824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1912487437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31912481544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1912486890
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O191248593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419124814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219124812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219124839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219124861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19124821482
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31912481247



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