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Locality Name:
Karlsøy, Troms, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 310599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karlsøy, Troms, Norway": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Brennefjell
Hårskoltan
Mikkelvik Quarry
Sørdalshøgda
Tenvassbruna Prospects

Latitude: 69°59'36"N
Longitude: 19°18'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 69.993333333333,19.315277777778

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeArsenoliteArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaNatroliteNickelineNone
PharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite
TitaniteTourmalineTridymiteUllmanniteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Banalsite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6194137286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1941378803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1941371627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31941371534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS394135,94136,941399052
Banalsite  (*)NoneNa2BaAl4Si4O1619413722
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4194136343
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19413727770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O194137232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2394135,94138,9413927198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31941371797
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)294135,94137648
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21941379617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1941367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu394134,94138,9413930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1941392812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS194135717
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61941351066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31941355433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14194135784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419413714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2294135,9413812537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2594135,94136,94137,94138,9413917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1941371236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)194137884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1941372349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O194135428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2494135,94136,94138,9413939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8494135,94136,94138,941399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2394136,94138,9413961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2294135,941395614
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3194135179
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl194137444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19413521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31941353418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131941355317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1941374899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS194135293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3194135369



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