Svalbard, Norway

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Svalbard, Norge

Archipelago of islands in the Arctic Ocean.

Official name is "Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands".
While the arctic archipelago of Svalbard is under the full sovereignty of Norway, it has a special status recognized by the Svalbard Treaty, resulting in certain obligations and some differences in administration and international agreements by the Norwegian government.
The remote island of Jan Mayen is an integrated territory of Norway.

The two territories about 1,000 km apart.

References

- Kjærnet, T. (2000): Minerallokaliteter på Svalbard. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 17: 12-18

External Links

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_and_Jan_Mayen_Islands

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite Albite 'Albite-Anorthite Series' Allanite-(Ce) Alum-(K) 'Apatite' Arctolite Arsenopyrite Azurite Baryte Bastnäsite-(Ce) Beryl Bornite Calcite var: Iceland Spar Cerussite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite 'Chlorite Group' Clinohumite Clinozoisite Columbite-(Fe) Columbite-(Mn)

Covellite Digenite Dolomite Elbaite Epidote Fersmite Fluorapatite Fluorite Forsterite 'Gadolinite-Datolite Group' Gahnite Galena 'Garnet' Glaucophane Goethite Grossular Hematite Hingganite-(Y) Hoelite (TL) Idaite Ilmenite Jadeite Jordanite

Keiviite-(Y) 'K Feldspar' Magnetite Malachite Melanterite Millerite Monazite-(Ce) Muscovite Olivenite ? 'Olivine' Omphacite Parisite-(Ce) Phengite Phlogopite Pyrite Pyrochlore Group var: Plumbopyrochlore (of Skorobogatova et al) var: Yttropyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977) Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Plumbobetafite (of Hogarth 1977) var: Yttrobetafite (of Hogarth 1977) 'Pyroxene Group' Pyrrhotite Quartz Rutile

Salammoniac 'Serpentine Group' Siderite var: Ca-rich Siderite Spessartine Sphalerite Spinel Strontianite Sulphur Synchysite-(Ce) Tennantite 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series' Tetrahedrite var: Argentian Tetrahedrite Thorite Titanite Tremolite Uraninite Witherite Xenotime-(Y) Zircon

90 entries listed. 71 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Norway Svalbard Bjørnøya Blyhatten mine Gruben mine Hopen Kvitøya Prins Karls Forland Spitsbergen Adolf Bay Adventdalen Bolternosa Mt Gruve 6 Mine Albert I. Land Fuglefjorden Bockfjorden Sverrefjell volcano Gåshamna Hornsund fjord Skoddefjellet Hvitholmen Kapp Mineral Longyearbyen

Norway Svalbard Spitsbergen Longyearbyen Adventdalen Breinosa Mt. Gruve 7 mine Gruve 5 Mine Bolternosa Mt Motalafjellet Ny-Friesland Oscar II Land Vestgötabreen Pyramiden Mine Recherchefjorden Asbestodden Ridderborgen Sigurdfjellet Woodfjorden Sinkholmen island St. Jonsfjord Zeipeldalen