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Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Lappland, Sweden

Leveäniemigruvan;

An iron open-pit mine active 1964-83.

Mineral List

'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Beraunite
Bermanite
Biotite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chlorapatite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Crandallite
Diopside
Dufrénite
Epidote
Ferro-hornblende
Ferrostrunzite
Fluellite
Fluorapatite
Frondelite
Gypsum
Hematite
'Heulandite'
Kidwellite
Laubmannite (of Moore)
Laumontite
Magnetite
Microcline
Mitridatite
Montgomeryite
Natrolite
Prehnite
Quartz
Rockbridgeite
'Scapolite'
Scolecite
'Stilbite'
Strengite
Tinticite
Titanite
Variscite
Wavellite


42 entries listed. 33 valid minerals.

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References

- Bjällerud, C.-G. (1989): Phosphate minerals from the Leveäniemi Iron Mine, Svappavaara, Sweden. Mineralogical Record. 20 (5):343-346

- Wilke, H.-J. (1997): Die Mineralien und Fundstellen von Schweden. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 200 pp. (in German)

- Augsten, R. (2009): Mineralientouren nach Skandinavien (II). Nicht nur Strengit: Svappavaara und der Erzgebau Leveäniemi. Lapis 34 (1): 20-23.

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