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Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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Apophyllite-(KF) : KCa4[(F,OH)|Si8O20] · 8H2O

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

White apophyllite-(KF) crystals.

Size of biggest crystal: 2 cm
Photo & collection: Atle Michalsen
 © A. MichalsenPhoto ID: 261427    View Count: 21

Multiple photos availableApophyllite-(KF) : KCa4[(F,OH)|Si8O20] · 8H2O, Natrolite : Na2[Al2Si3O10] · 2H2O

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Yellowrown apophyllite-(KF) crystals on crystals of natrolite.

Size of specimen: 6 cm (width)
Photo & collection: Atle Michalsen
 © A. MichalsenPhoto ID: 261553    View Count: 20

Bastnäsite-(Ce) : (Ce,La)[F|CO3], Analcime : Na2[Al2Si4O12] · 2H2O

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

A 10 mm brown perimorphose of bastnäsite-(Ce) after an unknown mineral in white, massive analcime. I collected this specimen about 20 years ago, and it is now in my micromount collection.
 © OT. LjostadPhoto ID: 250838    View Count: 19

Britholite-(Ce) : Ca2(Ce,Ca)3[(OH,F)|(SiO4,PO4)3]

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

A 4 mm dark brown grain of britholite-(Ce) in matrix. The specimen was collected by Alf Olav Larsen, and it is now in the micromount collection of OT. Ljostad.
 © OT. LjostadPhoto ID: 39232    View Count: 440

Calcite : CaCO3, Natrolite : Na2[Al2Si3O10] · 2H2O, Apophyllite-(KF) : KCa4[(F,OH)|Si8O20] · 8H2O

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Yellow scalenoedric calcite crystals to 42 mm standing out from transparent natrolite and white apophyllite-(KF) crystals.
Specimen 120x100x105 mm.
Selfcollected some years ago.
Photo and collection of Ingulv Burvald.
 © Ingulv BurvaldPhoto ID: 210483    View Count: 77

Chiavennite : CaMnBe2Si5O13(OH)2·2H2O

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Picture width is 4mm. Orange spheres of Chiavennite. Depth of field is achieved with CombineZM.
 © Elmar LacknerPhoto ID: 98741    View Count: 221

Chiavennite : CaMnBe2Si5O13(OH)2·2H2O

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

dimension area mm. 10 x 10

photo and collection Luigi Chiappino
 © luigi chiappinoPhoto ID: 213150    View Count: 31

Epididymite : Na2Be2Si6O15·H2O, Natrolite : Na2[Al2Si3O10] · 2H2O

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Beige balls of epididymite crystals on natrolite crystals. Field of view about 4 mm. The specimen was collected by and is now in the micromount collection of OT. Ljostad.
 © OT. LjostadPhoto ID: 17580    View Count: 477

Helvite : Mn2+4Be3[S|(SiO4)3], Analcime : Na2[Al2Si4O12] · 2H2O

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

A 1,5 mm group of helvite crystals with white analcime. The specimen was collected in 1998 by the Norwegian collector Ingulv Burvald. He lives about 30 minutes away from Tvedalen and he visit the different quarries regularly. The financial crisis have also reached the stone business, and Mr Burvald told me that during the last few years most of ...
 © OT. LjostadPhoto ID: 224634    View Count: 71

Multiple photos availableMolybdenite : MoS2

Almenningen Quarry (Treschow-Fritzøe Quarry), Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Molybdenite. Specimen size 7,5x4,5cm.
Photo and collection; Jorge M. Alves
 © Jorge M. AlvesPhoto ID: 90691    View Count: 139
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