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


mindat Locality ID: 51599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tveit, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Tveit 01 Feldspar Quarry (Eliasgruva)
Tveit 02 Feldspar Quarry (Varmekrekken)
Tveit 03 Feldspar Quarry (Steli)
Tveit 04 Feldspar Quarry
Tveit 05 Feldspar Quarry (Gumpen)
Tveit 06 Feldspar Quarry (Hallvard Tveit's Quarry)
Tveit 07 Feldspar Prospect (Bjørn Mikael's Pit)
Tveit 08 Pegmatite Outcrop
Tveit 09 Feldspar Quarry
Tveit 10 Feldspar Quarry
Tveit 11 Feldspar Quarry
Tveit 12 Feldspar Quarry

Latitude: 58°24'8"N
Longitude: 7°53'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.402222222222,7.8841666666667
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 Ca Ce Fe H K Mo Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStibniteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1907138803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31907132353
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2190713606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18290712,907134286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31907131935
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6190713518
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6290713,90715414
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4490711,90712,90713,9071514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)790711,90712,90713,90714,90715,90716,907194924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21907135800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)290711,90713945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2690711,90712,90713,90714,90715,9071617380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219071339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2990711,90712,90713,90714,90715,90716,90717,90718,9071961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2290711,907135614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8290713,90714353
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21907112718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)490711,90713,90715,90716939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)390711,90712,907135251


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