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Locality Name:
Birkeland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 48535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birkeland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Birkeland 01 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 02 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 03 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 04 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 05 Feldspar Quarries
Birkeland 06 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 07 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 08 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 09 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 10 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 11 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 12 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 13 Feldspar Quarry
Birkeland 14 Feldspar Quarry
Orreknappen Nickel Mine

Latitude: 58°32'0"N
Longitude: 7°55'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.533333333333,7.925

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 Mn Na Nb O P REE S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Ln Nb O Si Th Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteApatiteArsenicBastnäsiteBerylBismutiteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetMicaNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRhabdophaneSpinelStibniteTengeriteTitaniteTopazZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Spessartine  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tengerite-(Y)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tveitite-(Y)  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)490387,90388,90389,903908803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)290387,90390706
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F290387,90389304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)190389255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18290388,903894286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3290387,90388214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi290387,903891966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31903871935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)290387,90389716
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO219038794
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)290388,903898173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6190387414
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF3290387,9038945
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1903902740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2390387,90388,903899617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2190389163
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)290389,903907437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3390387,90388,9038914640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1903891271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4390386,90388,9038914899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)590386,90387,90388,90389,903904924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2590386,90387,90388,90389,9039017380
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3190387244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2590386,90387,90388,90389,9039061156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O19038966
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3290387,903891214
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6290388,90389211
Tengerite-(Y)  (*)TengeriteY2(CO3)3·2-3H2O19038924
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)290387,903881006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1903894899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2390387,90388,903891476
Tveitite-(Y)  (*)None(Y,Na)6(Ca,Na,REE)12(Ca,Na)F42290387,903888
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)290387,90389939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)390387,90388,903895251



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