Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 294
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 33355
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33355.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts
Langangenfjorden
Sundsåsen

Latitude: 59°5'30"N
Longitude: 9°48'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.091666666667,9.8027777777778

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Löllingite	Melilite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Wöhlerite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Annite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chiavennite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Eudidymite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrochiavennite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Hambergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hydroxylgugiaite ()*	Leucophanite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Luinaite-(OH) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meliphanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Löllingite Melilite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite Wöhlerite Zircon Zirconolite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	294	294	2	93886,93887	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	1	93887	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	294	294	2	93886,93887	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	294	294	1	93886	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	294	294	1	93887	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	294	294	1	93887	9052
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	294	294	1	93886	304
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	294	294	1	93886	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	294	294	2	93886,93887	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	294	294	1	93886	27198
Chiavennite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(BeOH)₂Si₅O₁₃·2H₂O	294	294	1	93887	22
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	1	93887	70
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	2	93886,93887	42
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	294	294	1	93887	371
Ferrochiavennite ()*	None	Ca_1-2Fe[(Si,Al,Be)₅Be₂O₁₃(OH)₂]·2H₂O	294	294	1	93887	2
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	294	294	1	93886	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	294	294	2	93886,93887	9617
Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	Ce₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	294	294	1	93887	31
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	294	294	2	93886,93887	24243
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	294	294	1	93886	167
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	294	294	1	93887	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	294	294	2	93886,93887	237
Hydroxylgugiaite ()*	Melilite	(Ca₃ )_Σ4(Si_3.5Be_2.5)_Σ6O₁₁(OH)₃	294	294	1	93887	3
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	294	294	1	93887	55
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	294	294	2	93886,93887	762
Luinaite-(OH) ()*	Tourmaline	(Na, )(Fe²⁺,Mg)₃Al₆(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₄	294	294	1	93886	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	294	294	2	93886,93887	14899
Meliphanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄	294	294	1	93886	44
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	294	294	2	93886,93887	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	294	294	2	93886,93887	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	294	294	1	93886	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	294	294	1	93886	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	294	294	2	93886,93887	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	294	294	3	93886,93887,93888	884
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	294	294	1	93886	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	294	294	2	93886,93887	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	294	294	1	93887	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	294	294	1	93886	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	294	294	1	93887	21482
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	294	294	1	93886	452
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	294	294	2	93886,93887	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	294	294	1	93886	4899
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	294	294	2	93886,93887	83
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	294	294	3	93886,93887,93889	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	294	294	1	93886	140

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Be-00059	294	294	294			high						Ferrochiavennite	Be	243592	Blåfjell (E18 Roadcuts), Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts, Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway		Larsen (2010)		BOOK_LHGPM_2010

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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