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Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden

(Bastnäsfältet)

These mines were earliest mentioned in 1692. The elements cerium and lanthanium were discovered in minerals from Bastnäs. Mining during the period 1875-1888 produced 4,500 tons of cerium ore (mainly bastnäsite and allanite).

Refs.:
- Haidinger, W. (1845): Handbuch bestimm. Min 1st ed., 500.
- Palache, C., Berman, H. & Frondel, C. (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, 7th. edition, Volume I: 264.
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 242.
- Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Förhandlinger, Stockholm (2004): vol. 126.
- Canadian Mineralogist (2004): 42(4): 1097-1103.
- Öhman, L. , Nysten, P. and Langhof, J. (2004). "Famous mineral localities: the Bastnäs mines - Riddarhyttan ore field, Bergslagen district, Västmanland, Sweden." The Mineralogical Record, 35(3),pp:187-200.




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


Mineral List:
  • Actinolite
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • 'Apatite'
  • Azurite
  • 'Bastnäsite'
  • Bastnäsite-(Ce) (TL)
  • Bastnäsite-(La)
  • Biotite
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bornite
  • Breithauptite
  • Brochantite
  • Calcite
  • Carrollite
  • Cerianite-(Ce)
  • Cerite-(Ce) (TL)
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Cobaltite
  • Cobaltkieserite (TL)
  • Cordierite
  • Covellite
  • Cubanite
  • Cuprite
  • Emplectite
  • Erythrite
  • Ferriallanite-(Ce)
  • 'Fluocerite'
  • Fluorite
  • Galena
  • Gold
  • Håleniusite-(La) (TL)
  • Hematite
  • Hisingerite (TL)
  • Hodrušhite
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)
  • Kieserite
  • Lanthanite-(Ce)
  • Lanthanite-(La) (TL)
  • Linnaeite (TL)
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Molybdenite
  • Molybdite
  • Muscovite
  • Percleveite-(Ce) (TL)
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • Rhodonite
  • Silver
  • Smolianinovite
  • Talc
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Titanite
  • Törnebohmite-(Ce) (TL)
  • Tremolite
  • Uraninite
  • Wittichenite
  • Wroewolfeite


    62 entries listed. 56 valid minerals. 9 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Sweden
     
    • Västmanland
      • Skinnskatteberg
        • Riddarhyttan
          • Bastnäs mines

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