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Arøya (Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Homilite
Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Photo: Van King
Latitude: 59°0'13"N
Longitude: 9°47'56"E
Arøya (Store Arøya), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik kommune, Vestfold fylke, Norway

References

- Brøgger, W.C. (1890): Die Mineralien der Syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen Augit-und Nephelinsyenite. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie und Mineralogie 16. 663 pp + 28 plates

- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 333.

- Grice, J.D. & Hawthorne, F.C. (2002): New data on meliphanite, Ca4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4. Canadian Mineralogist, 40: 971-980 [with analysis of meliphanite from Arøya]

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aegirine
Albite
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Annite
'Apatite'
Astrophyllite
Bavenite
Biotite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Diaspore
Epididymite
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorite
'Heulandite'
Hiortdahlite I
Homilite
'K Feldspar'
Låvenite
Leucophanite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Meliphanite
Molybdenite
Natrolite
var: Spreustein

Nepheline
Nordenskiöldine (TL)
Quartz
Rinkite
Stilbite-Ca
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
var: Calciothorite
Tritomite-(Ce)
Wöhlerite
Zircon


43 entries listed. 28 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

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