Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Skarsfjell Pegmatite (Skardsfjell), Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 967
Youngest recorded age at locality: 960

mindat Locality ID: 32662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skarsfjell Pegmatite (Skardsfjell), Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Sn Ta Ti Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteTopazZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)96796008803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1896796704286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)967960027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO296796005171
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O69679600414
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF3967960045
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF296796009617
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O29679600148
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O967960028
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)96796004924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS296796005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2967960017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2967960039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2967960061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO296796005614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)396796001214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS967960021482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F296796001476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)96796005251


2 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
Jen_0000020960960960     Yes  23233Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, NorwayTordal GraniteČerný (1991)10.1016/0301-9268(91)90111-MPR51_429 
Be-00014967967967  high   YesBazzite, OftedaliteBe2517Heftetjern Pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway Andersen et al. (2007) NGUB440_5 

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