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Locality Name:
Lapplægeret, Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 32727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lapplægeret, Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nedre Lapplægeret Quarry
Øvre Lapplægeret Quarry

Latitude: 68°2'40"N
Longitude: 16°0'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.044444444444,16.003888888889

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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mo Na Nb Nd O REE S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteArsenopyriteBastnäsiteBerylCalciteClayColumbiteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteLöllingiteMicaMilariteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOkanoganitePhenakitePyrite
QuartzRowlanditeThortveititeZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Annite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)Britholite-(Y)  (*)Calcite  (*)Cayalsite-(Y)  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hundholmenite-(Y)  (*)Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)
Keiviite-(Y)  (*)Löllingite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rowlandite-(Y)  (*)
Synchysite-(Nd)  (*)Vyuntspakhkite-(Y)  (*)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)1924198803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)192420706
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2192420356
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1924209052
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F292419,92420304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)192419255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181924194286
Britholite-(Y)  (*)Apatite(Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)19242028
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19241927770
Cayalsite-(Y)  (*)Not in a structural groupCaY6Al2Si4O18F61924202
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6192419414
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2292419,924209617
Hundholmenite-(Y)  (*)Okanoganite(Y,REE,Ca,Na)15(Al,Fe3+)CaxAs3+1-x(Si,As5+)Si6B3(O,F)481924205
Iimoriite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2(SiO4)(CO3)1924208
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O19242099
Keiviite-(Y)  (*)ThortveititeY2Si2O719242013
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2192419762
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)292419,924204924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O192419156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21924195800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2292419,9242017380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)192419326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219241939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219241961156
Rowlandite-(Y)  (*)RowlanditeFe2+Y4(Si2O7)2F21924208
Synchysite-(Nd)  (*)NoneCaNd(CO3)2F1924207
Vyuntspakhkite-(Y)  (*)NoneY(Al,Si)(SiO4)(OH,O)21924204
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1924195251



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