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Vestre Kjørstad apatite mine, Kjørstad (Kjørrestad), Bamble (Bamle), Telemark, Norway

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Vestre Kjørstad apatittgruve, Kjørstad, Bamble kommune, Telemark fylke, Norge

Located near Haukedalsvatnet at a part of the lake called Kjørstad-kilen which often figures as the name of the locality. This old apatite quarry was already abandoned in 1874 when W. C. Brøgger and H. H. Reusch found large enstatite crystals on the dump. Apatite veins traversing mica-schist and hornblende-schists.

Mineral List

'Apatite'
Enstatite

'Mica Group'
Rutile

Talc

5 entries listed. 3 valid minerals.

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References

- Brøgger, W.C. & Reusch, H.H. (1875): Vorkommen des Apatit in Norwegen. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 27: 646-702
- Brøgger, W.C. & Rath, G. vom (1877): Ueber grosse Enstatit-Krystalle, aufgefunden von W.C. Brøgger und H.H. Reusch bei Kjørrestad, Bamble. Zeitsch. Krist. 1, 18-30.
- Brøgger, W.C. & Rath, G. vom (1885): On certain large crystals of Enstatite…. Mineralogical Magazine, 6, 14-23.

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