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Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden

(Varuträsk, Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sverige)

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



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

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





Map Reference: 64°48'3"N , 20°44'28"E

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Mineral List:
Albite
'Allemontite'
Alluaudite (TL)
Almandine
Amblygonite
Antimony
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)

Apatite-(CaOH)
Arsenic
Beryl
Bismuth
Cassiterite
Columbite
Cookeite
Dickite
Elbaite
Eosphorite
Fairfieldite
Ferrisicklerite
Hagendorfite
Halloysite
Herzenbergite
Heterosite
Hingganite-(Y)
Ixiolite
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Lepidolite
Lithiophilite
Löllingite
Meta-autunite
Microlite
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Paragonite
Petalite
Pollucite
Polylithionite ?
Purpurite
Pyrochlore
Romanèchite
Sénarmontite
Sicklerite
Spodumene
Stannomicrolite
Stibarsen (TL)
Stibiconite
Stibiomicrolite (TL)
Stibiotantalite
Stibnite
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Topaz
'Tourmaline
var: Indicolite'

'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Triphylite
Triplite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Varulite (TL)
Vivianite
Wodginite
Zircon


67 entries listed. 58 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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