Dypingdal serpentin-magnesittforekomst (Dypingdalsgruvene), Snarum, Modum kommune, Buskerud fylke, Norge
Small serpentine-magnesite bodies that occur in precambrian rocks. They have been quarried for magnesite and serpentine.
Note on the mineral list:
The so-called "martite" from here is actually hematite (Raade, 1982).
References
- Frondel, C. (1941): Constitution and polymorphism of the pyroaurite and sjögrenite groups. American Mineralogist. 26, 295-315.
- Neumann, H. (ed)(1960): Mineral occurences in southern Norway. Guide to excursions no. A.15 and no. C.12. International Geological Congress XXI Session Norden 1960, Oslo. 18p.
- Jøsang, Ottar (1966): Geologiske og petrologiske undersøkelser i Modumfeltet. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse nr 235, 91-97
- Raade, G. (1970): Dypingite, a new hydrous bascic carbonate of magnesium, from Norway. American Mineralogist 55, 1457-1465
- Wilke, H.-J. (1976): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 4: Skandinavien. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 370 pp. (p.111-113)
- Raade, G. (1982): Die sogenannten "Martite" von Snarum (Norwegen"). Aufschluss 33: 405-407
- Eldjarn, K. (1988): Etter Neumann". NAGS-nytt 15 (1-4), 62 (in norwegian) [on a find of pyroaurite ?]
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