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Eudidymite-Epididymite locality, Vesle Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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.

Mineral List

Aegirine
Albite
Analcime
Apophyllite-(KF)
Arfvedsonite
Astrophyllite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Biotite
Böhmite
Calcite
Catapleiite
Chiavennite
'Chlorite Group'
Eirikite (TL)
Epididymite
Eudialyte
Eudialyte Group
Eudidymite
Ferro-edenite
Fluorite
Galena
Leifite
Leucophanite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Natrolite
Nepheline
Parisite-(Ce)
Pharmacosiderite
Polylithionite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrophanite
Sérandite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Tadzhikite-(Ce)
Tritomite-(Ce)
'Wad'
Zircon


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

- Sjögren, H. (1899): A chemical investigation of some minerals from Lille Arøe and Øvre Arøe in the firth of Langesund. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Uppsala. 4, 227-230

- 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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