Eudidymitt-Epididymitt lokaliteten, Vesle Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norge
Nepheline syenite pegmatite dike in larvikite located on the south-eastern part of Vesle Arøya. Most of the pegmatite has been blasted away more than 100 years ago, and minerals has mostly been collected at the dump.
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42 entries listed. 38 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral). 1 erroneous literature entry.
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References
- Flink, G. (1899): Über einige seltene Mineralien aus der Gegend von Langesund in Norwegen. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Uppsala 4, 16-27
- Ljøstad, O.T. (1988): Pharmacosideritt. NAGS-nytt 15 (1-4), 23
- Raade,G & Larsen, A. O.: Polylithionite from syenite pegmatite at Vøra, Sandefjord, Oslo Region, Norway. Contributions to the Mineralogy of Norway, no 65. Norsk Geologisk Tidskrift 60 (1980), 117-124 [with a note on polylithionite from Vesle Arøya]
- Engvoldsen, T., Andersen, F., Berge, S. A. & Burvald, I. (1991): Pegmatittmineraler fra Larvik ringkompleks. STEIN 18 (1), 15-71
- Larsen, A. O. (ed.) (2010): The Langesundsfjord. History, geology, pegmatites, minerals. Bode Verlag Gmbh, Salzhemmendorf, Germany, 240 p
- Larsen, A.O., Kolitsch, U., Gault, R.A. & Giester, G. (2010): Eirikite a new mineral species of the leifite group from the Langesundsfjord district, Norway. European Journal of Mineralogy. 22, 875–880
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