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Tennvatn pegmatite, Sørfold, Nordland, Norway

Tennvatn, Sørfold kommune, Nordland fylke, Norge

An amazonite pegmatite unusually rich in Be and As minerals.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Cleavelandite
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
Anglesite
Arsenocrandallite
Asbecasite
'Bastnäsite'
Bergslagite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismoclite
Bismutite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chernovite-(Y)
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
Columbite-(Fe) ?
Columbite-(Mn)
Cosalite
Covellite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Fluor-schorl
Galena
Gasparite-(Ce)
Greenockite
Hematite
Heulandite-Ca
Hingganite-(Y)
Hydrocerussite
Ilmenite
Kasolite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Microcline
var: Amazonite

Mimetite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
Nuffieldite
Pharmacosiderite
Philipsbornite
Phosgenite
'Pumpellyite'
'Pyrochlore'
Pyrophanite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Roméite Group
Rynersonite
Schorl ?
Spessartine
Stibiocolumbite
Stilbite-Ca
Sulphur
Svabite
Tantalite-(Mn) ?
Tengerite-(Y)
Thorite
Titanite
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


66 entries listed. 56 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

- Haugen, A. & Ellingsen, H. V. (1994): Asbecasit- ein Neufund in Norwegen. Mineralien-Welt 5, (2), 14.
- Ellingsen, H.V., Haugen, A., Raade, G., Eldjarn, K. & Berg, H.-J., (1995): Sjeldne mineraler i en amazonittpegmatitt ved Tennvatn i Nordland. Norsk Bergverksmuseums Skriftserie 9, 35-37.
- Larsen, A.O.,Nordrum, F.S. & Austrheim, H. (1999): Turmaliner i Norge. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 15: 21-30 [with an analysis of schorl from this locality]
- Ellingsen, H.V., Andersen, T. & Haugen, A., (2000): Nye mineraler fra amazonittpegmatitten ved Tennvatn, Nordland. Norsk Bergverksmuseums Skriftserie 17, 52-58.
- Raade, G., Kolitsch, U. and Husdal, T.A. (2006): Si-rich bergslagite from a granitic pegmatite at Tennvatn, north Norway. GFF 128, 65-68.
- Husdal, T. A. (2008): The minerals of the pegmatites within the Tysfjord granite, northern Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum, skrift 38, 5-28.
- Schachinger, T. (2011): Mineralogsche Reise durch Nordland (Norwegen) und Lappland (Schweden) in Der Steirische Mineralog 25, p.6-10
- 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 fluor-schorl from Tennvatn]
- Husdal, T. (2011): Tysfjordgranittens pegmatitter. Stein. 38 (4): 4-35


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