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Locality Name:
Færder, Vestfold, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 309847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Færder, Vestfold, Norway": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bolærne Islands
Brøtsø
Bukkholmskjær
Færder Islands
Hvasser
Lindholmen
Nøtterøy
Oskjær
Oslebakkholmen
Sandø
Tjøme
Veierland
Vierskjær

Latitude: 59°7'44"N
Longitude: 10°25'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.128888888889,10.43

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteBastnäsiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumElpiditeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNoneOlivineParisitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteStilpnomelaneTridymiteZirconZirconolite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Annite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Barylite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Elpidite  (*)Eudidymite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Thorite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)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+Si2O6494627,94628,94631,946371022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)394627,94628,946318803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)194638706
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2294627,94628356
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2194641295
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O719463833
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F194624304
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)394627,94628,9463127770
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O19463850
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O19462842
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)194638371
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O194627345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F294624,946312740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21946279617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19462724243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S194638237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319462714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4494627,94628,94631,9463614899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1194624,94625,94627,94628,94630,94631,94635,94636,94637,94638,946424924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2294627,946285800
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)194625884
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2194638112
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2394627,94628,9462939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2794620,94627,94628,94631,94637,94640,9464261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1946381711
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2394628,94631,94635375
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19462721482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O194638268
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O194627456
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1946271006
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)194638939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)594627,94628,94630,94631,946335251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7194639140



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