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Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Photo: K.E.Larsen
Latitude: 58°59'43"N
Longitude: 9°49'4"E
The whole small island of Låven is protected as site of geological interest; collecting is forbidden.


References

- Berzelius, [J]. (1835): [without title dated 13 jan. 1835]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Gegnosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde. 1835, 184-185 [first description of Aegirine]

- Erdmann, A. (1840): Undersökning af Leukophan, ett nytt mineral från trakten af Brevig i Norrige. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 191-200

- Weibye, P.C. (1849): Die Mineralien der Lagerstätten bei Brevig, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, Schweitzerbart. 1849, 521-525

- Weibye, P.C. (1849): Zur Kenntniss norwegischer Mineralien, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, Schweitzerbart. 1849, 769-783

- Weibye, P. C. (1850): Neue Mineralien aus Norwegen, beschrieben von P.H. [sic!] Weibye; analysirt von N.J. Berlin, K.A. Sjögren und J.B. von Borck (Erster Theil). [1.Tritomit, 2. Katapleiit, 3.Atheriasit, 4. Eudnophit.], Annalen der Physik und Chemie (herausgegeben zu Berlin von J.C. Poggendorff), 79: 299-304

- Scheerer, T. (1854): Verhandlungen des bergmännischen Vereins zu Freiberg, Berg- und hüttenmännische Zeitung. 13, 239-240 [on astrophyllite]

- Scheerer, T. (1864): Über den Astrophyllit und sein Verhältnis zu Augit und Glimmer im Zirkonsyenit. Annalen der Physik und Chemie. 198 (2/122), 107-138

- Brøgger, W.C.(1885): Forelöpig meddelelse om to nye norske mineraler, Låvenit og Cappelenit. Geologiske Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 7, 598-600

- Brøgger, W.C.(1890): Die Mineralien der Syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen Augit- und Nephelinsyenite. Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie und Mineralogie, 16, 663 pp + 28 plates

- Mason, B.(1957): Gonnardite (Ranite) from Langesundsfjord. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 37, 435-437

- Raade, G. (1967): Ramsayite as an alteration product of mosandrite. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 47: 249-250

- Larsen, A. O & Raade, G.(1997): Pyroksener fra Oslofeltets syenittpegmatitter. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 12, 16-17 [with an anlysis om aegirine-augite from Låven]

- Larsen, A.O. (2001): Chemical composition of catapleiites from the syenite pegmatites in the Larvik plutonic complex, Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 18, 5-9 [with an anlysis on catapleiite from Låven]

- Larsen, A.O. (2006): Låven, et fredet naturminne. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 33 : 37-40

- Murad E (2006): Mineralogy of aegirine from Låven Island, Langesundfjorden, southern Norway, Norwegian Journal of Geology, 86, 435-438

-Friis, H., Balic-Zunic, T., Williams, C. T. and Garcia-Sanchez, R. (2007): Incorporation of REE into leucophanite: a compositional and structural study. Mineralogical Magazine, 71: 625-640 [with analysis of leucophanite from Låven]

- Bellezza, M., S. Merlino, and N. Perchiazzi (2009), Mosandrite: structural and crystal-chemical relationships with rinkite. Canadian Mineralogist 47, 897-908.

- Larsen, A. O. (ed.) (2010): The Langesundsfjord. History, geology, pegmatites, minerals. Bode Verlag Gmbh, Salzhemmendorf, Germany, 240 pp. [especially pp 47-49]




External Links

- http://home.c2i.net/aolarsen/Pegmatites.htm


Mineral List

Aegirine (TL)
Aegirine-augite
Albite
Analcime
'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Astrophyllite (TL)
Biotite
Calcite
Cancrinite ?
Catapleiite (TL)
Cerussite
Eudialyte Group
var: Eucolite

Fluorite
Galena
Genthelvite
Gonnardite
Ilmenite
Låvenite (TL)
Leucophanite (TL)
Löllingite
Lorenzenite
Magnetite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Mosandrite (TL)
Natrolite
var: Spreustein
Nepheline
Perovskite
Polylithionite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrophanite
Rosenbuschite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Tadzhikite-(Ce)
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
var: Calciothorite
Titanite
Tritomite-(Ce) (TL)
Wöhlerite
Zircon


44 entries listed. 39 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals).

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