Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bjordam, Bamble, Telemark, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 54142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bjordam, Bamble, Telemark, Norway": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beinmålheia Quarry
Bjordam Sunstone Quarry
Hullvann
Skougen

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Dumortierite	Kornerupine	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Tourmaline	Zircon

Anthophyllite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*
Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kornerupine ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
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 B Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Chlorite Clay Corundum Dumortierite Kornerupine Mica None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Tourmaline Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	0		577
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	93582	203
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	93581	1008
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	93581	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	0		231
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		178
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	93580,93581	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	93581	68
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	93581	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	93580,93581	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	93580	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	93581	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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