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Liset eclogite pod, Selje, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Magnesiotaramite
Liset eclogite pod, Selje, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Photo: 2008, JGW
Liset-eklogitten, Selje kommune, Sogn og Fjordane fylke, Norge

About 60 m long and 30 m wide, a kyanite-eclogite pod in the Western Gneiss region.

Mineral List

'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Alumino-Magnesiotaramite (TL)
Aluminotaramite (TL)
'Apatite'
Barroisite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Eastonite
'Garnet'
Geikielite
Jadeite
Kyanite
Lisetite (TL)
Magnesiotaramite
Margarite
Nybøite
Paragonite
Preiswerkite
Pyrophanite
Quartz
Rutile
Zoisite


21 entries listed. 17 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Smith, D.C., Kechid, S-A. and Rossi, G. (1986): Occurrence and properties of lisetite, CaNa2Al4Si4O16, a new tectosilicate in the system Ca-Na-Al-Si-O. American Mineralogist. 71: 1372-1377
- Smith, D.C. (1988): a review of the peculiar mineralogy of the "Norwegian coesite-eclogite province", with crystal-chemical, petrological, geochemical and geodynamical notes and an extensive bibliography. In D.C. Smith, Ed., Eclogites and eclogite-facies rocks, p.1-206, Elsevier, Amsterdam 1988.
- Oberti, R., Boiocchi, M., Smith, D.C. & Medenbach, O. (2007): Alumotaramite, alumino-magnesiotaramite, and fluoro-alumino-magnesiotaramite: Mineral data and crystal chemistry. American Mineralogist. 92: 1428-1435

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