Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Røyås Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 294
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 30219
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30219.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Røyås Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Astrophyllite	Cristobalite	Fluorite	Heulandite	Lepidocrocite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Sphalerite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Behoite ()*	Böhmite ()*
Epididymite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Leucophanite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Astrophyllite Cristobalite Fluorite Heulandite Lepidocrocite Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Sphalerite Tridymite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	294	294	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	294	294	1627
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	294	294	161
Behoite ()*	Cristobalite	Be(OH)₂	294	294	24
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	294	294	195
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	70
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	294	294	9617
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	294	294	504
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	294	294	246
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	294	294	55
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	294	294	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	294	294	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	294	294	884
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	294	294	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	294	294	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Be-00059	294	294	294	high	Yes	Ferrochiavennite	Be	243592	Blåfjell (E18 Roadcuts), Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts, Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00062	294	294	294	high	Yes	Gugiaite	Be	146895	Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway	Larvik plutonic complex, Norway	Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00051	294	294	294	high	Yes	Hingganite-(Ce)	Be	194886	Arent Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00013	294	294	294	high	Yes	Alflarsenite	Be	2493	Tuften (Tuften 1 Quarry; Tuften 2 Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00034	294	294	294	high	Yes	Tvedalite	Be	12279	Vevja Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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