Thorium was discovered in thorite from the Thorite Hole at Løvøya.
References
- Scheerer, Th. (1843): Über den Wöhlerit, eine neue Mineralspecies. Annalen der Physik und Chemie (herausgegeben zu Berlin von J.C. Poggendorff). 59: 327-336
- Scheerer, Th., (1844): Nachträgliches über den Wöhlerit, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 137, 222-223
- Brøgger, W.C. (1890): Die Mineralien der Syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen Augit-und Nephelinsyenite. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie und Mineral.16. 663 pp
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