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Locality Name:
Lierskogen, Lier, Buskerud, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 32720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lierskogen, Lier, Buskerud, Norway": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Auvi Mine
Gjellebekk
Kjenner Bi Mine
Lierskogen Quarry

Latitude: 59°48'40"N
Longitude: 10°18'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.811111111111,10.300555555556

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteArsenicBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
DiasporeEpidoteEttringiteFluoriteGarnetHeulanditeMalachiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TalcVesuvianiteWollastonite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Helvine  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
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)3391234,91235,912361534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21912345509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)19123611547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1912361966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3391230,91234,912361935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)191234716
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)419123679
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61912341633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)391233,91234,9123727770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4291230,91236154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2391230,91234,9123627198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1912342970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61912314135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1912318173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O191237303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2291231,912369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS491230,91232,91234,9123624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1912347437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31912311544
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S191236237
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O191237246
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61912361066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O191234593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4391230,91234,9123614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219123412537
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O191237425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1912371236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21912371898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2391233,91234,9123739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2391234,91235,9123661156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O191237390
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1912362473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS691230,91232,91233,91235,91236,9123721482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21912313337
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O191237183
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101912371395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3491231,91233,91235,912371247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41912341655



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