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Stokkøya (Stokø; Stockö; Stocköe), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

The island Stokkøya, especially in the southern part, is rich in a large number of nepheline-syenite pegmatites, some of them hosted in basaltic rocks.



References:
- Brøgger, W.C. (1890): Die Mineralien der Syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen Augit-und Nephelinsyenite. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie und Mineral.16. 663 pp

- Neumann, H. & Bergstøl, S. (1964): Contribution to the Mineralogy of Norway No 25. Pyrophanite in the southern Part of the Oslo Area. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 44: 39-42 [analysis on pyrophanite from Stokkøya]

- Segalstad, T.V. & Larsen, A.O.(1978): Chevkinite and perrierite from the Oslo region, Norway. American Mineralogist 63,499-505





Map Reference: 58°59'58"N , 9°48'44"E

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Aegirine
Albite
Analcime
Andradite
var: Melanite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Astrophyllite
Biotite
Bornite
Catapleiite
Chalcopyrite
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Covellite
Digenite
Djurleite
Eudialyte
Fluorite
Galena
Genthelvite
Helvite
Hematite
Hiortdahlite I
Homilite (TL)
Leucophanite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Meliphanite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Mosandrite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Perovskite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrophanite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite
'Thomsonite'
Titanite
Tritomite-(Ce)
Wöhlerite
Zircon


61 entries listed. 39 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region:
Norway
 
  • Vestfold
    • Larvik
      • Langesundsfjorden
        • Stokkøya (Stokø; Stockö; Stocköe)

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