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Birkeland 2 Quarry, Birkeland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

A granite pegmatite located 100m N of Birkeland 1. Around 1930 a small test pit could be observed here. The pegmatite was especially rich in topaz. Bjørlykke locality nr 102.

References

- Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
- Frigstad, O.F. (1968): En undersøkelse av cleavelandittsonerte pegmatittganger i Iveland-Evje, Nedre Setesdal. Hovedfagsoppgave (Thesis), University of Oslo




Mineral List

Albite
var: Cleavelandite

'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Biotite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
'Gadolinite'
Microcline
Muscovite
Pyrophanite
Quartz
Topaz


13 entries listed. 9 valid minerals.

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