Rostadheia, Mølland, Iveland kommune, Aust-Agder fylke, Norge
A hill on the land of the Mølland Farm. The pegmatite dyke was in 1960 quarried in 5 different places. Graphic granite dominates the border and the dyke has a coarsegrained interior with large crystals of feldspar. In one part of the pegmatite there is also observed a poorly developed cleavelandite-quartz zone.
References
- Schetelig, J. (1913): Mineralogische Studien I. 7. Monazit von Mölland in Iveland, Sätersdal. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 2: 22-32
- Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
- Neumann, H. (1960): Mineral occurrences in southern Norway. Guide to excursions no A.15 and no. C 12. International Geological Congress XXI session Norden 1960, 18p.
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