Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Risør, Aust-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 31378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Risør, Aust-Agder, Norway": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Akland
Barmen
Dalsvatnet Quarry
Ekorndalen Copper Deposit
Helleknuten Graphite Prospect
Hiåsen
Hjembu Pegmatite Locality
Hosås
Husås Prospect
Kranskogen
Moensknuten
Randvik Mine
Riemstfjell
Rullandsdalen
Sandnes Feldspar Quarry
Skjelsøy Feldspar Quarry
Skuggestøl Feldspar/Quartz Quarry
Søndeled
Sørlandsporten
Stuøya Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 58°43'55"N
Longitude: 9°8'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.731944444444,9.1341666666667

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Kornerupine	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Palygorskite	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline
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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Kornerupine Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Palygorskite Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Titanite Tourmaline
Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*
Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Babingtonite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiodumortierite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Saponite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	90729,90758	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	90757	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	90729,90753,90755,90757,90758,90759,90765	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	90758	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	90729,90758	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	90752	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	90758	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	90771	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	90758	708
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	2	90728,90758	161
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	90757	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	90744	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	90758	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	90729,90755,90758	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	90732,90755,90758	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	90746,90748	203
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	90755	321
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	90758	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	90729,90758	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	90729	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	90757	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	5	90728,90729,90752,90754,90758	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	90729,90758	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	90758	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	90758	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	2	90728,90764	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	90728,90758	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	2	90744,90755	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	90744	196
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	90758	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	90752	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	90758	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	90744	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	90764	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	90758	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	90729,90758	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	90729,90758,90764	5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	90764	68
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	90751,90752	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	90758	1271
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	90729	238
Magnesiodumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	MgAl₆BSi₃O₁₇(OH)	2	90751,90752	6
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	90758	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	90758	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	90758	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	90741,90758	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	90755,90757,90758	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	90729,90758	1236
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	90729	306
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	90758	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	90729,90752,90758	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	90728,90758	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	90732,90755,90758	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	90758	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	90728,90729,90732,90752,90753,90754,90755,90756,90757,90758,90759,90762,90764,90765,90772	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	7	90729,90751,90752,90756,90757,90758,90764	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	90744	353
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	90758	301
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	90758	2705
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	90729	241
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	4	90728,90729,90758,90772	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	90758	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	90758	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	90751	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	90752,90758	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	90757	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	90729,90758	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	90755	2718
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	90729	652
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	90755,90757	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	90729,90758,90764	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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