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Utö Island, Haninge, Stockholm, Södermanland, Sweden

(Utö, Haninge kommun, Stockholms län, Södermanland landskap, Sverige)

Island with iron mines with Li-rich skarns. Also complex pegmatites of the Utö-Mysingen field, like on Norrö and Rånö. Mining started in the 12th century, closed in 1879. Minor silver mining during the 17th century.
The element lithium was discovered in petalite from Utö.




References:
- Morton, C. (1884): Några goniometriska bestämningar å kalkspat från Arendal, Kongsberg, Utö och Bamle. Meddelanden från Stockholms Högskola nr 34. Översigt af K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Förhandlingar 1884 No.8, 16 pp + plate. [includes goniometric measures of a calcite from Utö]

- Gustafsson, Lars & Otter, Bertil (1991): Mineralförekomster i Stockholmstrakten. STEIN 18(2),41-49

- Langhof, J., Jonson, E, Gustafsson, L. & Otter, B. (1998): Utö- en klassisk svensk mineralfyndort. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 14, 29-31

- Langhof, J., Holtstam, D. & Gustafsson, L. (2000): Chiavennite and zoned genthelvite-helvite as late-stage minerals of the Proterozoic LCT pegmatites at Utö, Stockholm, Sweden. GFF 122, 207-212.




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


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
  • Albite
  • Almandine
  • Amblygonite
  • Analcime
  • Annite
  • Anorthite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • 'Apophyllite'
  • Apophyllite-(KF)
  • Arsenopyrite
  • Axinite-(Mn)
  • Babingtonite
  • Baryte
  • Bavenite
  • Bertrandite
  • Beryl
  • Beusite
  • Biotite
  • Bismuthinite ?
  • Bornite
  • Calciotantite
  • Calcite
  • Cassiterite
  • Cerussite
  • Cesstibtantite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chiavennite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Columbite
  • Columbite-(Fe)
  • Columbite-(Mn)
  • Cookeite
  • Datolite
       var: Botryolite
  • Diopside
  • Djurleite
  • Dolomite
  • Dravite
  • Elbaite
  • Epidote
  • Eucryptite
  • Ferrisicklerite
  • Feruvite
  • Fluorite
  • Foitite
  • Friedelite
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Genthelvite
  • Goethite
  • Graphite
  • Gypsum
  • Helvite
  • Hematite
  • Holmquistite (TL)
  • 'Hornblende'
  • Jarosite
  • Lepidolite
  • Liddicoatite
  • Löllingite ?
  • Magnetite
  • Manganite
  • Marcasite
  • Meionite
  • Microcline
  • Microlite
  • Milarite
  • Molybdenite
  • Muscovite
  • Nambulite
  • Orthoclase
  • Petalite (TL)
  • Plumbomicrolite
  • Pollucite
  • Pyrite
  • 'Pyrosmalite'
  • Pyrosmalite-(Fe)
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
  • Rhodochrosite
  • Rossmanite
  • Samarskite-(Y)
  • Sarcopside
  • 'Scapolite'
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • Silver
  • Sphalerite
  • Spodumene (TL)
  • Stokesite
  • Tantalite-(Mn) (TL)
  • Tennantite
  • Titanite
  • Topaz
  • Tremolite
  • Triphylite
  • Uranmicrolite
  • Uvite
  • Wickmanite
  • Zircon
  • Zoisite


    105 entries listed. 94 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    Sweden
     
    • Södermanland
      • Stockholm
        • Haninge
          • Utö Island
    Sweden
     
    • Södermanland
      • Stockholm
        • Haninge
          • Utö Island

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