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Hovåsen Feldspar Quarry, Eptevann, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Columbite
Hovåsen Feldspar Quarry, Eptevann, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Photo: Peter Andresen
Hovåsen (Håvåsen; Eptevann 4)

A feldspar quarry worked in a large granite pegmatite dike on the eastern slope of the hill Hovåsen.
Large beryl crystals with a diameter of total 110 cm (!) were found here in 1947-1948. The largest found measured 3,25 m in length and 1,30 m in diameter.
Bjørlykke locality nr 87.

Mineral List

'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Bertrandite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismuthinite
Columbite
Euclase
Microcline
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Quartz


12 entries listed. 7 valid minerals.

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References

- Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
- Rosenqvist, I.Th. (1949): Store beryllkrystaller i Iveland. Norsk Geologisk Tidskrift 27,233
- Strand, T. (1953): Euclase from Iveland, occurring as an alteration product of beryl. Norsk Geologisk Tidskrift 31,1-5

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