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Valberg Quarry, Valberg, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway

Gersdorffite
Valberg Quarry, Valberg, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway

Photo: OT. Ljostad
Valberg pukkverk, Valberg, Kragerø kommune, Telemark fylke, Norge

Hydrothermal veins and alteration zones within a hyperite (gabboroic) complex exposed in a quarry.
Known for (rare) Ni minerals (millerite, gersdorffite).

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Almandine
Anatase
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Biotite
Calcite
Carrollite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore
Cobaltite
Copper
Cordierite
Dolomite
Dravite
Enstatite
Epidote
Erythrite
Galena
Gersdorffite
Graphite
Hematite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Heulandite-K
'Hornblende'
Hydroxylapatite
Illite
Ilmenite
Laumontite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marialite
Millerite
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Natrolite
Opal
Palygorskite
Pentlandite
Phlogopite
Prehnite
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Retgersite
Rutile
'Scapolite'
Siegenite
Sphalerite
Spinel
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Titanite
Tremolite
Uraninite
Violarite


64 entries listed. 55 valid minerals.

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References

- Nordrum, F.S. Larsen, A.O. & Austrheim, H. (2000): Ni,Co-mineralizations in the Valberg quarry, Kragerø, South Norway: a progress report. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 17: 64-70

- Nordrum, F.S. (2000). Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1999-2000. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 17:59-63

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

- Nordrum, F. S. (2003): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2002-2003. STEIN 30 (2), 4-10

- Nordrum, F.S. (2003): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2002-2003. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 25: 82-89

- Nordrum, F.S. ; Larsen, A.O. & Erambert, M. (2003): Minerals of the heulandite series in Norway- a progress report. Norsk Bergverksmuseum skrift 25: 51-62 [with analysis on heulandite-Ca]

- 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

- Selbekk, R. S., Husdal, T. A. & Berg, H-J. (2010): Nye mineraler for Norge i 2010. Stein. 37 (4): 24-26 [on a find of retgersite]

- Nordrum, F.S. (2011): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2010-2011. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 46: 109-114

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