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Locality Name:
Bøverdalen, Lom, Oppland, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 49617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bøverdalen, Lom, Oppland, Norway": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bøverkinnhalsen
Leirdalsvegen
Netoseter Quarry
Nettoseter
Nufsfonne
Rustadhalsen
Sulheim
Tessefaret
Unnamed Quarry
Vetllia

Latitude: 61°40'58"N
Longitude: 8°10'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.682777777778,8.1752777777778
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Fe H K Mg O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBrookiteCalciteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEpsomiteFeldspar
GypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteKaoliniteMicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RutileStarkeyiteTitanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Slavíkite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1925088803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2392500,92501,925082162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2192509700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19250627770
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1925042970
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O192507484
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1925067437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O292506,925076890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O292506,92507409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319250814640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O192506144
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219250217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2292507,9250839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2492500,92501,92502,9250361156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O192506293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21925005614
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O192500390
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O392505,92506,9250744
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1925084899


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