A granite pegmatite hosted in amphibolitic rocks quarried for feldspar located about 100m south of the road Tveit-Dalane on the Tveit Farm land. The pegmatite dikes was about 10 m wide.
Known especially for its good specimens of columbite-(Fe), muscovite and almandine.
Bjørlykke locality no. 3.
References:
- Vogt, Th. (1911): Bertrandite von Iveland im südlichen Norwegen. Zeitschr. f. Krist. 50:6-13
- Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
- Larsen, A.O.(1980): Granater fra granittpegmatitter. NAGS-nytt 7(4),31-32 [analysis on garnets in the almandine-spessartite series from Iveland including Steli]
- Nordrum, F. S. (2004): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2003-2004. STEIN 31 (2), 36-44
- Nordrum, F. S. (2007): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2006-2007. STEIN 34 (2), 14-26
Mineral List:17 entries listed. 12 valid minerals.
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