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Osthammeren, Feragen, Røros, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Podiform chromite deposit with PGE mineralization, hosted by a small ultramafic (serpentinite) body of the Feragen complex. ALL PGE phases are found as microscopic grains.



References:
- Nilson, L. P. (1990): Platinum-group mineral inclusions in chromitite from the Osthammeren ultramafic tectonite body, South Central Norway. Mineralogy and Petrology 42: 249-263
- Nilsson, L. P. & Larsen, R. B. (1998): Edle mineraler i mafiske og ultramafiske bergarter- en oppsummering av platina-gruppe mineraler (PGM) funnet i Norge i de senere år. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift 14: 40-49
- Grenne, T., Ihlen, P.M., and Vokes, F.M. (1999): Scandinavian Caledonide Metallogeny in a plate tectonic perspective. Mineralium Deposita 34, 422-471.





Mineral List:
Erlichmanite
Heazlewoodite
Hollingworthite
Irarsite
Iridium
var: Osmiridium

Laurite
Nickeline
Osarsite
Osmium
var: Iridosmine
Pentlandite
Platarsite
'Serpentine Group'
Sperrylite
Stibiopalladinite
Tolovkite


16 entries listed. 13 valid minerals.

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