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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.


Mineral List

Aegirine
Albite
Analcime
Ancylite-(Ce)
Apophyllite-(KF)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Behoite
Bertrandite
Böhmite
Britholite-(Ce)
Calcite
Cancrinite
Chamosite
Chiavennite
Diaspore
Epididymite
Eudidymite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Fluorite
Gadolinite-(Ce)
Galena
Gibbsite
Gonnardite
Gonyerite
Hambergite
Helvite
'Ilmenite-Pyrophanite Series'
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnetite
Meliphanite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Natrolite
Nepheline
Parisite-(Ce)
Pyrochlore Group
'Rhodochrosite-Siderite Series'
Schorl
Siderite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Tvedalite
Wöhlerite
Zircon


45 entries listed. 42 valid minerals.

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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. (2002): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2001-2002. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 20: 78-83

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

- Nordrum, F.S. (2005): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2004-2005. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 30: 117-124

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