Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bømlo, Hordaland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 34972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bømlo, Hordaland, Norway": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bjørnavika
Dyngebekken
Folderøy
Lykling
Roaldsfjord
Siggjarvåg (Siggjavåg)

Latitude: 59°43'20"N
Longitude: 5°13'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.722222222222,5.2325

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.

Axinite	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al Au B Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Beryl Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Malachite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	91732,91733	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	91720,91725	3092
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	91732	260
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	91725	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	91720,91723,91725,91727,91732	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	91720,91725,91726,91727	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	91733	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	91720,91725,91726,91727	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	12	91720,91721,91722,91723,91724,91725,91726,91727,91728,91729,91730,91731	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	91718,91720,91725	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	91720	12537
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	91720	67
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	91716,91717,91718,91720,91721,91722,91723,91724,91725,91726,91727	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	91716,91718,91720,91721,91722,91723,91724,91725,91726,91727,91728,91730,91731,91732,91733	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	91720	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	91720,91727	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	91720,91725,91727	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	3	91720,91725,91727	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	91720,91727	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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