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Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

(Løvø)

Thorium was discovered in thorite from Lövö.

Ref.:
- Berzelius, J.J. (1829): Über den Thorit ein neues Mineral....., Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 91, 633ff
- Scheerer, Th., (1843): Über den Wöhlerit, eine neue Mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, Vol. 135, 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





Map Reference: 59°3'20"N , 9°44'31"E

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Mineral List:
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • 'Hornblende'
  • 'Mica Group'
  • Molybdenite
  • Natrolite
    var: Spreustein
  • Nepheline
  • Pyrochlore
  • Quartz
  • Thorite (TL)
  • Wöhlerite (TL)
  • Zircon


    11 entries listed. 7 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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