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Locality Name:
Røros, Trøndelag, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 35012
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35012.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Røros, Trøndelag, Norway": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Feragen
Feragen Chromium Mines
Gråberget Cr Mine
Røros Copper Mines

Latitude: 62°35'24"N
Longitude: 11°31'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.59,11.528611111111

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.

Allargentum	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Garnet	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite
Ullmannite	Valleriite	Wurtzite

Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Galena ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Lansfordite ()*	Laurite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Osarsite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platarsite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tolovkite ()*	Uvarovite ()*
Valleriite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Mo Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Brucite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Garnet Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite
Ullmannite Valleriite Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	94426,94429,94435	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	94445,94446	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	4	94425,94427,94428,94431	166
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	4	94440,94443,94444,94448	1966
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	94431	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	94448	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	94436	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	94437,94438,94439,94440,94441,94444,94445,94446,94448	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	8	94426,94428,94429,94430,94431,94432,94434,94435	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	94426,94431	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	94448	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	94440	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	5	94440,94441,94445,94446,94448	802
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	94426	50
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	3	94440,94446,94448	180
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	94425	110
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	94437,94438,94441	24243
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	94425	205
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	94425	119
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	94426,94435	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5	94438,94440,94441,94444,94445	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	94425	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	94425	162
Lansfordite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·5H₂O	1	94426	17
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	94425	226
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	94426	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	94426,94429,94440,94441	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	94440,94446,94448	5800
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	94426	80
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	94425	633
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	1	94425	16
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	94425	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	94425	1512
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	1	94425	44
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	94431,94437,94438,94439,94440,94441,94445,94448	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9	94437,94439,94440,94441,94443,94444,94445,94446,94448	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	94439,94446,94448	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	94437,94441	5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	94425	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	94437,94438,94439,94440,94441,94444,94445,94446,94447,94448	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	94425	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	94426,94428,94431	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	94444,94448	4899
Tolovkite ()*	Cobaltite	IrSbS	1	94425	13
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	94431	212
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	7	94440,94441,94443,94444,94445,94446,94448	237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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