Latitude: 58°32'20"N
Longitude: 8°43'6"E
Gloserheia gruve (Gloserhei; Lyngrott 1), Froland kommune, Aust-Agder fylke, Norge
A open pit mine quarried for feldspar and quartz in a granite-pegmatite body. It was worked from 1881 to 1986
Known for its large up to 1 m large euhedral to subhedral apatite crystals. Located 1,5 km east of the Lyngrot Farm.
References
- Andersen, O. (1931): Feltspat II. Forekomster i fylkene Buskerud og Telemark, i flere herreder i Aust-Agder og i Hidra i Vest-Agder. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse nr 128b, p 80-82
- Åmli, R. (1975): Mineralogy and rare earth geochemistry of apatite and xenotime from the Gloserheia granite pegmatite, Froland, southern Norway. American Mineralogist, 60:607-620
- Wilke, H.-J. (1976): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 4: Skandinavien. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 370 pp. (in German) [p 58]
- Åmli, R. (1977): Internal structure and mineralogy of the Gloserheia granite pegmatite, Froland, southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 57: 243-262
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