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Hovdenuten manganese deposit, Hovden, Bykle, Agder, Norwayi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Hovdenuten manganese deposit | Deposit |
| Hovden | Village |
| Bykle | Municipality |
| Agder | County |
| Norway | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
59° 33' 45'' North , 7° 19' 18'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Byklehei
Other Languages:
Norwegian:
Hovdenuten manganforekomst, Hovden, Bykle, Agder, Norge
Thin, 2-15 cm wide veins of manganese oxides and manganese silicates in a quartz-rich metasandstone.
The locality is numbered as locality 455 in the "Økonomisk-geologisk kart 1:250.000 Sauda" (map attechment to Nordrum & Van der Wel 1981)
The coordinates are those from NGU. Needs to be confirmed.
Alternative coordinates based upon Kartverket suggested by Ronald Werner are: 59.56255,7.32143
(Ronald Werner commentary: There seems to be a lot of loose boulders close to the coordinates).
The locality is numbered as locality 455 in the "Økonomisk-geologisk kart 1:250.000 Sauda" (map attechment to Nordrum & Van der Wel 1981)
The coordinates are those from NGU. Needs to be confirmed.
Alternative coordinates based upon Kartverket suggested by Ronald Werner are: 59.56255,7.32143
(Ronald Werner commentary: There seems to be a lot of loose boulders close to the coordinates).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
4 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Braunite Formula: Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8 |
| ⓘ Piemontite Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| ⓘ Rhodonite Formula: CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| ⓘ Spessartine Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Spessartine | 9.AD.25 | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ | Braunite | 9.AG.05 | Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8 |
| ⓘ | Piemontite | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| ⓘ | Rhodonite | 9.DK.05 | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Piemontite | (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Braunite | Mn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8 |
| O | ⓘ Piemontite | (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | ⓘ Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| O | ⓘ Spessartine | Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Piemontite | (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Spessartine | Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Braunite | Mn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8 |
| Si | ⓘ Piemontite | (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| Si | ⓘ Spessartine | Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Piemontite | (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Ca | ⓘ Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Braunite | Mn2+Mn63+(SiO4)O8 |
| Mn | ⓘ Piemontite | (CaCa)(AlAlMn3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Mn | ⓘ Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn[Si5O15] |
| Mn | ⓘ Spessartine | Mn32+Al2(SiO4)3 |
Other Databases
| Link to Geological Survey of Norway: | 5383 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
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- Sveconorwegian BeltShield
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