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Buer, Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Tobermorite
Buer, Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Photo: OT. Ljostad 2005
Buer, Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norge

Syenite pegmatite material found on dumps from construction of a watertunnel. The pegamtite dike was hosted in basalt

References

- Segalstad, T. V. & Larsen, A. O. (1978): Gadolinite-(Ce) from Skien, southwestern Oslo Region, Norway. American Mineralogist 63, 188-195

- Segalstad, T. V. & Larsen, A. O. (1978): Chevkinite and perrierite from the Oslo region, Norway. American Mineralogist 63, 499-505

- Larsen, A. O. (1988): Helvite group minerals from syenite pegmatites in the Oslo Region, Norway. Contribution to the mineralogy of Norway no 68. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 68: 119-124 [with analysis of helvite from Buer]

- Engvoldsen, T., Andersen, F., Berge, S. A. & Burvald, I. (1991): Pegmatittmineraler fra Larvik ringkompleks. STEIN 18(1), 15-71

- Andersen, F., Berge, S. A. & Burvald, I. (1996): Die Mineralien des Langesundsfjords und des umgebenden Larvikit-Gebietes, Oslo-Region, Norwegen. Mineralien-Welt 7(4), 21-100


Mineral List

Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Albite
Allanite-(Ce)
Amesite
Ancylite-(Ce)
Andradite
'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Azurite
Barylite
Bavenite
Biotite
Bornite
Calcite
Celadonite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Chevkinite-(Ce)
'Chlorite Group'
Covellite
Datolite
Digenite
Epidote
Fergusonite-(Y)
Gadolinite-(Ce) (TL)
Galena
Grossular
Helvite
Ilmenite
'Ilmenite-Pyrophanite Series'
Loparite-(Ce)
Magnetite
Malachite
Microcline
Nepheline
Perrierite-(La)
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrophanite
Quartz
Sérandite
Thorite
Titanite
Tobermorite
Vesuvianite
Zircon


47 entries listed. 42 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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