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Landsverk 1 Feldspar Quarry (Jokeli), Landsverk, Evje og Hornnes, Aust-Agder, Norway

Landsverk 1 feltspatgrube (Jokelid; Jokeli-bruddet)

One of the oldest feldspar quarries in Evje.
The mine and mine dumps are open to public collecting for a fee (see general information on Landsverk).
The pegmatite dyke is about 20-30 m wide and about 120 m long, strike E-W and dip nearly vertical.

Bjørlykke locality nr 108.

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Landsverk 1, The Jokeli Quarry by Olav Revheim


Mineral List

Albite
var: Cleavelandite
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Analcime
'Apatite'
Bavenite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Clinochlore ?
Columbite-(Fe)
Davidite-(Ce)
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
Fergusonite-(Y)
Fersmite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
'Gadolinite'
Galena
'Gummite' ?
Hematite
Ilmenite
'K Feldspar'
Laumontite
Limonite ?
Magnetite
Malachite ?
Microcline
Microcline
var: Amazonite

Microlite Group
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Polycrase-(Y)
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)

Pyrophanite
Pyrrhotite ?
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Citrine
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
Samarskite-(Y)
Schröckingerite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'
Stilpnomelane
Thorianite
Thorite
var: Orangite
Thorogummite ?
Thortveitite ?
Titanite
Topaz
Uraninite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon
var: Alvite


68 entries listed. 46 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

- Brøgger, W.C. (1906): Die Mineralien der südnorwegischen granitpegmatitgänge. I. Niobate, tantalate, titantate und titanoniobate. Videnskabs-Selskabets Skrifter. Math.-Naturv. Klasse 1906. No. 6 (in part)

- Andersen, O. (1931): Feltspat II. Forekomster i fylkene Buskerud og Telemark, i flere herreder i Aust-Agder og i Hidra i Vest-Agder. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 128b, 1-109 [p.89-90]

- Neumann, H. (1960): Mineral occurrences in southern Norway. Guide to excursions no A.15 and no. C 12. International Geological Congress XXI session Norden 1960, 18p.

- Taylor, S.R.; Heier, K.S & Sverdrup, T.L. (1969): Contributions to the mineralogy of Norway no.5. Trace element variations in three generations of feldspars from the Landsverk I pegmatite, Evje, southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 40,133-156 + plate I-II

- Larsen, A. O. (2001): Ein Neufund für Norwegen: Fersmite vom Pegmatite "Landsverk 1" bei Evje. Mineralien-Welt, no 3,48-50.

- Werner, R. (2004): Der "Mineralsti" bei Evje. Mineralien Welt 15 (4), 5-9

- Nordrum, F.S. (2005): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2004-2005. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 30: 117-124

- Revheim, O. (2006): Landsverk 1, Jokeli-bruddet i Evje. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 33: 41-50

- Nordrum, F. S. (2007): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2006-2007. STEIN 34 (2), 14-26

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