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Locality Name:
Rossås 05 Feldspar Quarry, Rossås (Rosås), Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 35598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rossås 05 Feldspar Quarry, Rossås (Rosås), Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°25'27"N
Longitude: 7°53'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.424166666667,7.8872222222222
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si Ti U Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteMicaMonazite
NoneQuartzSpinelStibniteTengeriteTitaniteTopazZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Tengerite-(Y)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Xenotime-(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)08803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)20163
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O80353
Tengerite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteY2(CO3)3·2-3H2O024
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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