Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hisøy (Hisø), Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 37320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hisøy (Hisø), Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Havsøysund
Skarvedal Mine
Stølsvig Silver Mine (Hisøy Silver Mine)
Vragvigen

Latitude: 58°25'54"N
Longitude: 8°45'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.431666666667,8.7655555555556

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.

Acanthite	Beryl	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Gold ()*
Marcasite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au C Ca Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Beryl Calcite Copper Corundum Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Staurolite Titanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	89768	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	89768	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	89766	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	89766	1797
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	89768,89769	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	89768	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	89768	633
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	89768	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	89766	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	89766	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	89766	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	89768,89769	5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	89766	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	89766	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	89767	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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