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Locality Name:
Stålaker Quarry, Stålaker, Tjølling, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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

mindat Locality ID: 30501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30501.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 59°4'19"N
Longitude: 10°6'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.071944444444,10.109444444444
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 As B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteArsenopyriteBaddeleyiteCalciteCancrinite-sodalite
ClayCorundumEpidoteGadoliniteHeulanditeMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNonePectolite
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneSodaliteThomsoniteTitaniteWöhleriteZirconZirconolite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Datolite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)Hambergite  (*)Helvine  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O629429401022
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2942940706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O29429401627
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O294294092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29429409052
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO22942940238
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)2942940115
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)294294027770
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)2942940498
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F29429402740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2942940303
Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)GadoliniteCe2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2294294031
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)294294081
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S2942940237
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O2942940246
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O329429405433
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F294294055
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2294294080
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4294294044
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS229429405800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O29429401236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)2942940363
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)229429402273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)229429401898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2294294039462
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O2942940452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O29429404899
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4294294083
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)29429405251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O72942940140


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Be-00062294294294  high   YesGugiaiteBe146895Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, NorwayLarvik plutonic complex, NorwayLarsen (2010) BOOK_LHGPM_2010 

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