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Gåsgruvan limestone quarry, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

(Gåsgruvans kalkbrott, Filipstad, Värmland, Sverige)

Gåsgruvan started as a limestone quarry in the middle of 1850. Earlier it was a iron mine. Today it is a large limestone quarry with a production of 200.000 t of limestone a year.





Mineral List:
Actinolite
var: Byssolite
Albite
var: Oligoclase

Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
Andradite
Anorthite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
Axinite-(Mn)
Baryte
Biotite
Bornite
Braunite
Brucite
Calcite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Clinochlore
var: Pennine
var: Ripidolite
Clinochrysotile
Clinohumite
Clinozoisite
Copper
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Fayalite
Fluorite
Gahnite
Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet Group'
Goethite
Grossular
Hedenbergite
Hematite
'Hornblende'
Humite
Ilvaite
Limonite
Ludwigite
Magnesiohornblende
Magnetite
Meionite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Palygorskite
Periclase
Phlogopite
Pigeonite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyroaurite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
var: Molybdoscheelite
Sillimanite
Silver
Sjögrenite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Szaibélyite
Talc
Titanite
Tremolite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Valleriite
Vesuvianite
Wermlandite
Wollastonite
Zircon
Zoisite


93 entries listed. 78 valid minerals.

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