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Locality Name:
Osterøy, Hordaland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 47985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osterøy, Hordaland, Norway": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bruvik
Hagabø
Haus
Hosanger Nickel Deposits
Road Cut

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pt S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayEpidoteFeldsparHeulanditeHexahydriteMicaNickelineNonePentlandite
PyriteQuartzSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickelhexahydrite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Violarite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1918118803
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2391812,91813,9181727198
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O191822246
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219181117380
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O19181837
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2191811247
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8591812,91814,91815,91816,918171512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2391812,91816,9181839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8491814,91815,91816,918179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219180861156
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2191812337
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4291812,91813380
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1918111025



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