Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Farsund, Vest-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 48447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Farsund, Vest-Agder, Norway": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bjørnevåg Feldspar Quarry
Egeland
Elledalen
Farsund Plutonic Complex
Heskestad Barite Deposit
Holt Feldspar Deposit
Kveldsund Feldspar Quarry
Langøy Feldspar Quarry
Lista
Ravnehei Tunnel (Ramnehei Tunnel)
Spind

Latitude: 58°5'17"N
Longitude: 6°57'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.088055555556,6.9563888888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Ramsdellite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Stibnite

Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Hydrohalite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sylvite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite None Quartz Ramsdellite
Rocksalt Rutile Stibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	94507,94509	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	94518	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	94507,94509	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	94507,94509	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	94509	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	94509	7437
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	94516	144
Hydrohalite ()*	None	NaCl·2H₂O	1	94508	17
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	94506	4924
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	94507,94509	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	94506,94507,94509	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	1	94509	88
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	94509	1711
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	94508	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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