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Heia Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Amesite
Heia Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Photo: Tom Engvoldsen
Abandoned larvikite quarry with syenite pegmatites situated in Tvedalen 10km W of the town larvik.

References

- Åmli, R. and Griffin, W.L. (1972): Contributions to the mineralogy of Norway, No 47. Three minerals new to Norway: Wickmannite, Leadhillite and Hydrocerussite. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 52: 192-196
- Raade, G.; Åmli, R.; Mladeck, M. H.; Din, V. K.; Larsen, A. O. & Åsheim, A. (1983): Chiavennite from syenite pegmatites in the Oslo Region, Norway. American Mineralogist 68; 628-633 [in part]
- Engvoldsen, T., Andersen, F., Berge, S. A. & Burvald, I. (1991): Pegmatittmineraler fra Larvik ringkompleks. STEIN 18 (1), 15-71


Mineral List

Aegirine
Albite
Amesite
Analcime
'Apatite'
Arsenopyrite
Astrophyllite
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Behoite
Berborite
Bertrandite
Biotite
Böhmite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Chevkinite-(Ce)
Chiavennite
'Chlorite Group'
Copper
Diaspore
Epididymite
Eudidymite
Fluorite
Galena
Gibbsite
Gonnardite
Hambergite
Helvite
Hydrocerussite
'K Feldspar'
Leadhillite
Leucophanite
Löllingite ?
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Natrolite
Nepheline
Parisite-(Ce)
Polylithionite
Schorl
Sodalite
Sulphur
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Wickmanite
Wulfenite
Zircon


47 entries listed. 43 valid minerals.

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