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Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Small serpentine-magnesite bodies that occur in precambrian rocks. They has been quarried for magnesite and serpentine.

References:

- Jøsang, Ottar (1966): Geologiske og petrologiske undersøkelser i Modumfeltet. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse nr 235, 91-97

- Raade, Gunnar (1970): Dypingite, a new hydrous bascic carbonate of magnesium, from Norway. American Mineralogist 55, 1457-1465

- 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 ?]

- http://www.nags.net/Nags/english/articles_werner/magnesite_modum.htm




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    var: Oligoclase-Albite
  		• Antigorite
  		• Aragonite
  		• Biotite
    var: Anomite
  		• Brucite
  		• Calcite
  		• Chalcopyrite
  		• Chrysotile
  		• Clinochlore
    var: Leuchtenbergite
  		• Diaspore
  		• Dolomite
  		• Dypingite (TL)
  		• Forsterite
  		• Hematite
  		• Hydrotalcite (TL)
  		• Ilmenite
  		• Magnesioferrite
  		• Magnesite
  		• Magnetite
  		• Manasseite (TL)
  		• Pyrite
  		• Pyroaurite ?
  		• Rutile
  		• 'Serpentine Group'
  		• Spinel
  		• Szaibélyite
  		• Talc


    27 entries listed. 23 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Norway
     
    • Buskerud
      • Modum
        • Snarum
          • Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit
    Norway
     
    • Buskerud
      • Modum
        • Snarum
          • Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit

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