Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vennesla, Vest-Agder, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 52425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vennesla, Vest-Agder, Norway": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Erkleiv
Kjåvann Pyrite Occurrence
Øvrebø
Røssebrekka Calcite Mine
Skåreland
Steinsfoss

Latitude: 58°18'52"N
Longitude: 7°55'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.314444444444,7.9311111111111

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	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Melanterite	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Starkeyite	Titanite	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorbritholite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O P S Si Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Melanterite Molybdenite
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Starkeyite Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	94607	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	94606,94612,94613	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	94607	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	94607	382
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	94607	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	94613	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	94612	2740
Fluorbritholite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	(Y,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃F	1	94612	7
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	94617	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	94607	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	94607,94610	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	94607	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	94612	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	94607	293
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	94606	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	94612	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	94612	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	94612	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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