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


mindat Locality ID: 51149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frøyså, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 02 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 03 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 04 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 05 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 06 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 07 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 08 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 09 Feldspar Prospect
Frøyså 10 Feldspar Prospect
Frøyså 11 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 12 Feldspar Prospect (Grostemyr)
Frøyså 13 Feldspar Prospect (Tomasknutten)
Frøyså 14 Feldspar Prospect
Frøyså 15 Feldspar Prospect
Frøyså 16 Feldspar Quarry
Frøyså 17 Feldspar Quarry (Gilderdalen)
Frøyså 18 Feldspar Quarry
Frøysååsen

Latitude: 58°24'49"N
Longitude: 7°52'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.413611111111,7.8802777777778
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 Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Y Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteBerylChalcopyriteClayDiasporeFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetMicaMolybdenite
MonaziteNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSpinelStarkeyiteZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Goethite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)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)1904858803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18390483,90485,904864286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2290485,9048627198
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4290483,90485196
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2190503163
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1904887437
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4290483,9048514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)690483,90484,90485,90486,90487,904884924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2390485,90486,905075800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)190483945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2690483,90484,90485,90486,90487,9048817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2490483,90485,90486,9050639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2790483,90484,90485,90486,90487,90488,9050961156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31904851214
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)190499939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)390483,90485,904865251


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