Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Area famous for its pegmatite minerals.

- The monazites found in the Iveland area are most probably monazite-(Ce), but not all localities (monazites) has yet been analyzed. (Selbekk et al (2009)

References:
- Vogt, Th. (1911): Bertrandite von Iveland im südlichen Norwegen. Zeitschrift für Kristall. 50: 6-13

- Barth, T. F. W. (1931). Feltspat III. Forekomster i Iveland og Vegusdal i Aust-Agder og i flere herreder i Vest-Agder. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse nr 128b, 111-150

- Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311

- Levinson, A. A. & Borup, R. A. (1960): High hafnium zircon from Norway. American Mineralogist 45: 562-565 [description of zircons from Iveland with 22-24 % HfO2]

- Frigstad, O. F. (1968): En undersøkelse av cleavelandittsonerte pegmatittganger i Iveland-Evje, Nedre Setesdal. Hovedfagsoppgave (Thesis), University of Oslo.

- Frigstad, O. F. (1999): Amazonittpegmatitter i Iveland-Evje. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 15: 60-73

- Larsen, R. B., Polvé M. and Juve, G. (2000): Granite pegmatite quartz from Evje-Iveland: trace element chemistry and implications for the formation of high purity quartz. NOrges Geologiske Undersøkelse Bulletin 436: 57-65

- Hansen, G. H. (2001): Mineralene i Evje - Iveland. [Minerals of Evje - Iveland]. Published by Froland Mineral Center. 88 p [in Norwegian].

- Revheim, O. (2001) : Tantalmineraler i Evje og Iveland. STEIN 28 (3): 28-31

- Pedersen, R.(ed) (2007): Iveland V: Gruvedrift. Iveland Bygdesogenemd. 382 p. [with a chapter on the minerals: "Minerala i Iveland", 332-370]

- Selbekk, R. S., Berg, H-J. and Folvik, H. O. (2009): Mineraler i monazitt-gruppen funnet i Norge. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift 41: 43-47 [Results on chemical analysis on norwegian monazites, some from Iveland]

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