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Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Drammen kommune, Buskerud fylke, Norge

Area with minerals in miarolitic voids in the Drammen granite intrusion, and in contact-metamorphic rocks originated from the interaction between the granite and cambrosilurian sediments.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite ?
Actinolite
Aikinite
Albite
'Allanite'
Anatase
Andradite (TL)
Anglesite
Ankerite ?
Anorthite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Aurichalcite
Axinite-(Mn)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Bavenite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
'Blaubleibender Covellite'
Bornite
Brianyoungite
Brochantite
Brookite
Calcite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Copper
Covellite
Cuprite
Devilline
Dickite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
Emplectite
Enargite
Epidote
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gibbsite
Goethite
Goslarite ?
Greenockite
Grossular
Gypsum
Halite
Hawleyite
Hedenbergite
Helvite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Heulandite-Ca
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Idaite
Illite
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Langite
Laumontite
Linarite
Mackinawite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganilvaite
Manganite
Miharaite
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Nontronite
Nukundamite
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Phenakite
Posnjakite
Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
var: Polianite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodonite
Rosasite ?
Scheelite
Schulenbergite
Serpierite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Sylvite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetradymite
Titanite
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Vanadinite
Vesuvianite
Willemite
Wollastonite
Wroewolfeite
Wulfenite
Zircon
Zussmanite ?


131 entries listed. 106 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.

Localities in this Region

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References

- d’Andrada, J. B. (1800): Der eigenschaften und kennzeichen einiger neuen fossilien aus Schweden und Norwegen nebst einigen chemischen bemerkungen ueber dieselben. Allgemeines Journal der Chemie 4, 28-39 (description of allochrite (a synonyme of andradite)from an unspecified mine in Drammen]
- Brommeland, J. (1980): Mineralien von Drammen. Lapis, 5 (10), 20-21.
- Sendelbach, M. (1997): Mineralien aus dem Drammengranit, Norwegen Lapis, 22(4), 35 ff. (in German)
- Nordrum, F.S. und Larsen, A.O. (1999): Einige neue Mineralfunde aus dem Gebiet Drammen - Holmestrand in Norwegen. Mineralien-Welt, 10 (6), 57-61.
- Nordrum, F.S. (2001): Neue Mineralienfunde aus Norwegen. Mineralien-Welt, 12 (5), 62-64.


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