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Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden

Skellefte ore district, in the area around the town Skellefteå.

The largest private employer in Skellefteå is the mining company Boliden AB. Mining is done for gold, and Skellefteå is sometimes referred to as the Goldtown.

References

Econ Geol (1987) 82:440-456

Mineral List

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Actinolite
Albite
'Allanite'
'Allemontite'
Alluaudite (TL)
Alluaudite-Na□
Alluaudite-NaNa
Almandine
Altaite
Amblygonite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Beryl
Bismuth
Bornite
Brucite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
Chondrodite
Chrysotile
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Coloradoite
Columbite
Cookeite
Dickite
Diopside
Dolomite
Elbaite
Eosphorite
Epidote
Fairfieldite
Ferrisicklerite
Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite

Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Hagendorfite
Halloysite
Herzenbergite
Hessite
Heterosite
Hingganite-(Y)
'Hornblende'
Humite
Hydroxylapatite
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Lepidolite
Lithiophilite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Meta-autunite
Microlite Group
Microlite Group
var: Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)

Molybdenite
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Paragonite
Pentlandite
Petalite
Petzite
Pollucite
Polylithionite ?
Powellite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Blue Quartz
Romanèchite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite

Rubicline ?
Rutile
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Sénarmontite
Sicklerite
Silver
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
Stibarsen (TL)
'Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al)'
Stibiotantalite
Stibnite
Talc
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Thorite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Varulite (TL)
Vesuvianite
Vivianite
Wodginite
Wollastonite
Zircon
Zoisite


122 entries listed. 101 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Sweden

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