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Locality Name:
Ryggkollen, Nedre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 32655
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32655.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ryggkollen, Nedre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Friedriks Mine (Strykenåsen Prospect)
Henckels Prospect

Latitude: 59°44'29"N
Longitude: 10°3'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.741388888889,10.0525

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelane
Vesuvianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3291339,913401534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)291339,9134027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219133927198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl191339203
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61913394135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1913392740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)291339,913407437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31913391544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1913406890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1913391689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419133914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219133912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21913393106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8291339,913409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219133961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS19133921482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O0456
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F0232
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10291339,913401395



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