Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vänersborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 59411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vänersborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Väne Ryr

Latitude: 58°20'11"N
Longitude: 12°9'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 58.336388888889,12.165833333333

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.

Arsenic	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*
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 Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O S Sb Si Sn Ta Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	113317	8803
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	113317	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	113317,113318	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	113317,113318	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	113318	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	113317,113318	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	113317,113318	289
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	113317,113318	9617
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	1	113317	148
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	113317,113318	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113318	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113318	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113318	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	113318	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	113317,113318	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	113318	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060828	Skuleboda, Väne Ryr, Vänersborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden	https://rruff.info/R060828

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