Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Tysnesøya, Tysnes, Hordaland, Norway

mindat Locality ID: 307617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tysnesøya, Tysnes, Hordaland, Norway": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tysnes Island Meteorite

Latitude: 60°0'0"N
Longitude: 5°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60,5.6166666666667

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.

Calcite	Copper	Cubanite	Iron	Nickeline	None	Pyroxene	Sphalerite	Spinel

Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Graphite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: C Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Cubanite Iron Nickeline None Pyroxene Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	91876	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	91876	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	91876	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	91876	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	91876	944
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	91876	2812
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	91876	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	91876	191
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	91876	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	91876	14899
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	91876	9056
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	91876	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	91876	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	91876	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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