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Locality Name:
Norwegian Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Oldest recorded age at locality: 294
Youngest recorded age at locality: 294

mindat Locality ID: 192514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Norwegian Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°2'3"N
Longitude: 9°52'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.034166666667,9.88

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Bastnäsite	Clay	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	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 Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na O P Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Na O P Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Bastnäsite Clay Mica None Not in a structural group Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Annite ()*	Barylite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Chiavennite ()*
Epididymite ()*	Eudidymite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Hambergite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	294	294	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	294	294	356
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇	294	294	33
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	294	294	304
Chiavennite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(BeOH)₂Si₅O₁₃·2H₂O	294	294	22
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	70
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	294	294	42
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	294	294	2740
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	294	294	504
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	294	294	81
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	294	294	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Be-00059	294	294	294	high	Yes	Ferrochiavennite	Be	243592	Blåfjell (E18 Roadcuts), Kokkersvold E18 Roadcuts, Langangen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00062	294	294	294	high	Yes	Gugiaite	Be	146895	Thorstein Quarry, Brunlanes, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway	Larvik plutonic complex, Norway	Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00051	294	294	294	high	Yes	Hingganite-(Ce)	Be	194886	Arent Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00013	294	294	294	high	Yes	Alflarsenite	Be	2493	Tuften (Tuften 1 Quarry; Tuften 2 Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010
Be-00034	294	294	294	high	Yes	Tvedalite	Be	12279	Vevja Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway		Larsen (2010)	BOOK_LHGPM_2010

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