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Locality Name:
Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 40708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Saga 1 Quarry
Saga 2 Quarry
Sagåsen Quarry (Saga 3 Quarry)

Latitude: 59°2'39"N
Longitude: 9°49'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.044166666667,9.8308333333333
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 As B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sn Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeAncyliteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteAstrophylliteBastnäsiteCalcite
CancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiiteCeriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumCovelliteCristobalite
DiasporeEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteHellanditeHeulanditeKaoliniteLöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachite
MeliliteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupParisitePectolite
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneRocksaltSapphirineScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelSulphurThomsoniteTridymiteWöhleriteZircon

95 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Amesite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)Annite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)
Barylite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Behoite  (*)Berborite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Böhmite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Bromellite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chiavennite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Ephesite  (*)Epididymite  (*)
Eudialyte  (*)Eudidymite  (*)Ferrokentbrooksite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gonnardite  (*)
Gonyerite  (*)Grenmarite  (*)Hambergite  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydroxylgugiaite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Låvenite  (*)Leucophanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)Rosenbuschite  (*)Sauconite  (*)
Serandite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)
Tetrawickmanite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)Tvedalite  (*)
Wickmanite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirsilite-(Ce)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6293926,939281022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]193926133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)293926,939288803
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4293926,9392874
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O293926,939281627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21939262162
Ancylite-(Ce)  (*)AncyliteCeSr(CO3)2(OH)·H2O293926,9392892
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2293926,93928356
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS293926,939289052
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F293926,93928161
Barylite  (*)NoneBaBe2Si2O719392633
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F293926,93928304
Behoite  (*)CristobaliteBe(OH)2293926,9392824
Berborite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)·H2O393926,93927,9392811
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2293926,93928606
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)393926,93927,93928195
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)293926,93928115
Bromellite  (*)NoneBeO1939269
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)19392846
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393926,93927,9392827770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O293926,93928232
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O193928113
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)3393926,93927,9392847
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)293926,939284979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219392627198
Chiavennite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(BeOH)2Si5O13·2H2O293926,9392822
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1939264165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)393926,93927,93928481
Ephesite  (*)MicaNaLiAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)219392621
Epididymite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O293926,9392870
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2193926182
Eudidymite  (*)NoneNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O293926,9392842
Ferrokentbrooksite  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe2+3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)219392815
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1939282740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O293926,93928303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2393926,93927,939289617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19392824243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3293926,93928504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1939287437
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O293926,93928167
Gonyerite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Fe3+(Si3Fe3+O10)(OH)819392811
Grenmarite  (*)NoneNa2Zr2Na2MnZr(Si2O7)2O2F21939282
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)293926,9392881
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S293926,93928237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3393926,93927,9392814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1939261689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O193928246
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O193926144
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2193928201
Hydroxylgugiaite  (*)Melilite(Ca3   )Σ4(Si3.5Be2.5)Σ6O11(OH)31939263
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61939281066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3293926,939285433
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)419392858
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F293926,9392855
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2293926,93928762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4293926,9392714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219392612537
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)419392644
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)293926,939284924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1939261107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2293926,939285800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)193928945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1939281508
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)219392845
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219392617380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O393926,93927,939281236
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)293926,93928186
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)293926,93928884
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)319392864
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2293926,93928112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)193928363
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F219392889
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)293926,93928494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219392839462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3193928244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8293926,939289056
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1939281711
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F219392653
Rosenbuschite  (*)NoneCa6Zr2Na6ZrTi(Si2O7)4(OF)2F4293926,9392842
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O19392656
Serandite  (*)PectoliteNaMn2+2Si3O8(OH)19392838
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl293926,93928444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS293926,9392821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1939262045
Tadzhikite-(Ce)  (*)HellanditeCa4Ce2Ti   (B4Si4O22)(OH)2293926,9392814
Tetrawickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)61939268
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O293926,93928452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)293926,939281006
Tritomite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)293926,9392819
Tvedalite  (*)NoneCa4Be3Si6O17(OH)4·3H2O1939285
Wickmanite  (*)PerovskiteMn2+Sn4+(OH)619392624
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4293926,9392883
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4293926,939281655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)393926,93927,939285251
Zirsilite-(Ce)  (*)Eudialyte(Na,   )12(Ce,Na)3Ca6Mn3Zr3NbSi25O73(OH)3(CO3)·H2O1939284


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120123Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R120123
R120124Sagåsen, Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norwayhttps://rruff.info/R120124

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