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Locality Name:
Langøy, Kragerø Archipelago, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway


mindat Locality ID: 52383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Langøy, Kragerø Archipelago, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bringebærkastet
Langøy Fe Mines
Roadcut Bjelvikveien
Sam Lunøe's Quarry

Latitude: 58°54'15"N
Longitude: 9°29'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.904166666667,9.4905555555556

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 As Be Bi C Ca Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Sc Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe H Mg Na O Sc Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteClayCorundumFeldsparNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RutileSpinelStibniteTalc

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bazzite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)393701,93705,937068803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21937093092
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O051
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31936991935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393703,93705,9370927770
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3493704,93705,93706,9370714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4493703,93704,93705,9370614899
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs193702633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219369939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2293709,9371061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2293699,937095614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21937013337



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