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Saga Pearl quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Blue Pearl: Fugleleikåsen

A larvikite quarry situated close to the Almenningen larvikite quarry (formerly called (Treschow-Fritzøe quarry) on the eastern side of the Tvedalen road.
Also called Fugleleikåsen quarry.

Mineral List

Aegirine
Albite
Analcime
Apophyllite-(KF)
Biotite
Britholite-(Ce)
Calcioancylite-(Ce)
Calcite
Chiavennite
'Chlorite Group'
Edenite
Epididymite
Eudidymite
Fluorapatite
var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite

Gadolinite-(Ce)
Galena
Gonnardite
Hambergite
Hastingsite
Helvite
Magnetite
Meliphanite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Natrolite
Neotocite
Parisite-(Ce)
Pyrite
Tetrawickmanite
Tvedalite


30 entries listed. 27 valid minerals.

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References

- Nordrum, F.S. (1999): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1998-1999. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 15: 87-90
- Nordrum, F.S. (2000): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1999-2000. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 17: 59-63
- Nordrum, F. S. (2004): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2003-2004. STEIN 31 (2), 36-44
- Larsen, A.O. & Erambert, M. (2005): Neotocite and hisingerite from nepheline syenite pegmatites in the Larvik plutonic complex, Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrifter 30:68-71 [with analysis of neotocite from Saga Pearl Quarry]


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