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Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden

(Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sverige)

Pegmatite of the LCT (Lithium Caesium Tantalum) type, quarried since 1938.

Refs.: Mineralogical Magazine: 43: 227.

Mineralogical Magazine: 48: 443.

Geologiska Föreningens I Stockholm Förhandlingar(GFF), Stockholm (1937): 59: 95.

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: 670, 851.

http://www.geology.neab.net/locality/varutras.htm

Quensel, P. (1957) The Paragenesis of the Varuräsk Pegmatite, in Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi (AMG; no 2: 1-2) Stockholm.





Map Reference: 64°48'3"N , 20°44'28"E

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  • Topaz
  • Triphylite
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