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Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway

An old, now waterfilled quarry worked on a NYF granite pegmatite.

Note on the mineral list: The "thalénite-(Y)" from here was recently found to be fluorthalénite-(Y) (Raade & Kristiansen, 2009).

Mineral List

Adamsite-(Y)
Albite
var: Oligoclase-Albite
Allanite-(Ce)
Allanite-(Y)
Ancylite-(Ce)
Annite
Arsenopyrite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bertrandite
Beryl
'Biotite'
Boltwoodite
Britholite-(Y)
Calcioancylite-(Ce)
Calcite
Cerianite-(Ce)
Chabazite-K
Chabazite-Na
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
Coffinite
Columbite-(Fe)
Dolomite
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
Fergusonite-(Y)
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
var: Yttrocerite
var: Yttrofluorite
Fluorthalénite-(Y)
Gadolinite-(Y)
Galena
Gypsum
Hingganite-(Y)
Hundholmenite-(Y) (TL)
Kamphaugite-(Y)
Laumontite
Lokkaite-(Y)
Luinaite-(OH)
Magnetite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Parisite-(Ce)
Perbøeite-(Ce) (TL)
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
Schorl
'Stilbite'
Synchysite-(Ce)
Synchysite-(Y)
Tengerite-(Y) ?
Thalénite-(Y)
Thorite
Törnebohmite-(Ce)
Uraninite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


68 entries listed. 59 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 2 erroneous literature entries.

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References

- Vogt, T. (1923): Über die seltenen Erden im Yttrofluorit von Hundholmen. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 673-676

- Vogt, Th. (1922): Über Thalenit von Hundholmen im nördlichen Norwegen. in Brøgger, W.C, Vogt, Th. & Schetelig, J. (1922): Die Mineralien der südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge. II. Silikate der seltenen Erde. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. I.Mat-Naturv. Klasse 1922. 11, 19-47 + plates VII-IX.

- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 276.

- Sverdrup, T. L. (1968): Contributions to the Mineralogy of Norway No. 37. Yttrofluorite-yttrocerite-cerfluorite in norwegian pegmatites. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 48: 245-252

- Nilssen, B. (1973): Gadolinite from Hundholmen, Tysfjord, North Norway. Contribution to the mineralogy of Norway no 55. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 53, 343-348.

- Eldjarn, K. (1978): Ancylitt fra Hundholmen, Tysfjord. NAGS-nytt 5(3), 18 (in Norwegian).

- Eldjarn, K. (1988). Etter Neumann. NAGS-nytt 15 (1-4), 62 (in Norwegian) [on boltwoodite].

- Kristiansen, R. (1993): Thalenitt fra Hundholmen, Tysfjord. STEIN 20 (2), 121-123.

- Husdal, T. (2008): The minerals of the pegmatites within the Tysfjord granite, northern Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum, skrift 38, 5-28.

- Raade, G. & Kristiansen, R. (2009): Fluorthalénite-(Y) from Hundholmen, Tysfjord, north Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum, skrift 41, 21-24.

- Kolitsch, U., Husdal, T. A., Brandstätter, F. & Ertl, A. (2011) : New crystal-chemical data for members of the tourmaline group from Norway: occurences of fluor-schorl and luinaite-(OH). Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift 46, 17-24. [with analysis of luinaite-(OH) and schorl from Hundholmen]

- Yoklavich, J.L.(2010): Crystallization and reaction sequences in a NYF pegmatite: a case study from the Hundholmen locality, Norway. Undergraduate Research Thesis, Texas Tech University, 14p.

- Husdal, T. (2011): Tysfjordgranittens pegmatitter. Stein. 38 (4): 4-35


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