Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Birkeland 04 Feldspar Quarry, Birkeland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 49637
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49637.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birkeland 04 Feldspar Quarry, Birkeland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 58°32'8"N
Longitude: 7°55'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.535555555556,7.9244444444444

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.

Arsenic	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rhabdophane
Spinel	Tengerite	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismutite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 O P Si Ta Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na O P Si Ta Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Bastnäsite Beryl Bismutite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluocerite Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rhabdophane
Spinel Tengerite Titanite Topaz Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	45
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	66
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	Y₂(CO₃)₃·2-3H₂O	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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