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

Larvikite quarry with pegmatite dikes some of which are rich in Be-minerals. The quarry changed name with a change in owners, the current name is Almenningen.




References:
- Larsen, A. O. (1988): Helvite group minerals from syenite pegmatites in the Oslo Region, Norway. Contribution to the mineralogy of Norway no 68. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 68: 119-124 [with analysis of helvite from this locality]

- Engvoldsen, T., Andersen, F., Berge, S.A. & Burvald, I. (1991): Pegmatittmineraler fra Larvik ringkompleks. STEIN 18(1), 15-71

- 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]

- Nordrum, F.S. (1999): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1998-1999. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 15: 87-90 [on a find of natrolite]

Nordrum, F.S. (2000): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1999-2000. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 17: 59-63 [on a find of hambergite]

- Nordrum, F.S. (2001): Noen funn av mineraler i Norge 2000-2001. STEIN 28 (2): 13- 19

- Nordrum, F.S. (2002): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2001-2002. STEIN 29 (2): 4-10

- Nordrum, F. S. (2004): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2003-2004. STEIN 31 (2), 36-44





Mineral List:
Aegirine
Analcime
'Ancylite'
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)

Apophyllite-(KF)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Behoite
Bertrandite
Böhmite
Britholite-(Ce)
Calcite
Cancrinite
Chiavennite
Diaspore
Epididymite
Eudidymite
Fluorite
Gadolinite-(Ce)
Gibbsite
Gonyerite
Hambergite
Helvite
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnetite
Meliphanite
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Natrolite
Nepheline
Pyrochlore
Schorl
Sodalite
Tvedalite
Wöhlerite


34 entries listed. 32 valid minerals.

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