Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 50673
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50673.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Bjørkøya
Bjørkøyholmen
Finnsholmane
Håøya
Hestholmen
Hjemmeholmen
Klokkerholmen
Løvøya
Nordholmen
Oksøya
Østre Brattholmen
Risøya
Sandøya
Siktesøya
Smiholmen (Smidholmen)
Trompetholmen

Latitude: 59°1'36"N
Longitude: 9°46'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.026666666667,9.7777777777778

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Astrophyllite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gaidonnayite	Hellandite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite
Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sapphirine	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wöhlerite
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 As B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Chalcopyrite
Clay Corundum Diaspore Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Gaidonnayite Hellandite Löllingite Lepidocrocite
Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Parisite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sapphirine Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite Wöhlerite
Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Berborite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Epididymite ()*
Eudialyte ()*	Eudidymite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Ferrokentbrooksite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*	Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hambergite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Helvine ()*
Hilairite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kupletskite ()*	Leucophanite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Polylithionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosenbuschite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tadzhikite-(Ce) ()*	Tainiolite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	7	93891,93898,93899,93908,93912,93914,93915	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	93908	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	93908,93914,93915	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	6	93903,93908,93912,93914,93915,93916	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	93891,93908	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	93909	9052
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	2	93908,93915	161
Berborite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)·H₂O	1	93914	11
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	93914	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	93908,93909,93910,93913,93914	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	2	93894,93902	232
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	93908	113
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	93914	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	3	93897,93903,93910	481
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	2	93914,93915	70
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	5	93891,93903,93909,93912,93917	182
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	3	93909,93914,93915	42
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	93901,93908	57
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		271
Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	1	93914	15
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	93913	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	93909,93912,93913,93914,93917	9617
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	1	93914	21
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	93905	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	93912	60
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	93910	504
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	2	93898,93899	167
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	1	93914	81
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	93904	209
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	5	93891,93900,93912,93914,93915	237
Hilairite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	1	93914	18
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	93915	5433
Kupletskite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	93914	33
Leucophanite ()*	None	NaCaBeSi₂O₆F	4	93909,93913,93914,93917	55
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	93910,93914	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	93903,93909,93915	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	93898,93899,93908,93912,93914,93915	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	6	93902,93903,93905,93908,93914,93915	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	93908,93914	1508
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)[(H₂O)₂Ca_0.5 _0.5]Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂	1	93915	45
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	93891,93908,93909	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	9	93898,93902,93903,93908,93912,93913,93914,93915,93916	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	6	93898,93899,93903,93908,93909,93914	884
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	93914	64
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	2	93913,93915	112
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	1	93914	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	93891,93893,93908,93914	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	3	93910,93914,93915	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	93895,93903	61156
Rosenbuschite ()*	None	Ca₆Zr₂Na₆ZrTi(Si₂O₇)₄(OF)₂F₄	4	93908,93909,93910,93917	42
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	93910,93914	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	93910,93914	21482
Tadzhikite-(Ce) ()*	Hellandite	Ca₄Ce₂Ti (B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂	1	93917	14
Tainiolite ()*	Mica	KLiMg₂Si₄O₁₀F₂	1	93915	40
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	93902,93903,93913	452
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	5	93895,93905,93908,93912,93913	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	93909	4899
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	5	93903,93909,93910,93914,93917	83
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	93913	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	7	93898,93903,93908,93909,93914,93915,93917	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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