Sagåsen Quarry (Sagasen Quarry; Strandåsen Quarry; Saga 3 Quarry), Sagåsen (Strandåsen), Mørje, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

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Sagåsen bruddet

Larvikite quarry located approx. where the Saga 1 quarry was, but on a lower level. A large, nearly horizontal pegmatite vein was exposed in 2003, and produced a large number of both rare and good quality minerals. This vein, similar to the famous vein in the Saga 1 quarry, is still well exposed (situation May 2009).
The quarry is still operating, and it is expected to be one of the most exciting localities in the larvikite area also in the future.

References

- Nordrum, F. S. (2004): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2003-2004. STEIN 31 (2), 36-44
- Larsen, A.O., Åsheim, A. and Gault, R. A. (2005): Minerals of the eudialyte group from the Sagåsen larvikite quarry, Porsgrunn, Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrifter 30: 58-62
- Larsen, A.O. & Erambert, M. (2005): Neotocite and hisingerite from nepheline syenite pegmatites in the Larvik plutonic complex, Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrifter 30:68-71 (with analysis of neotocite from Sagåsen].
- Nordrum, F.S. (2006): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2005-2006. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 33: 56-62
- Nordrum, F. S. (2007): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2006-2007. STEIN 34 (2), 14-26
- Nordrum, F.S. (2008): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2007-2008. STEIN 35 (2), 8-20 [on a find of cancrinite]
- Larsen, A. O. (ed.) (2010): The Langesundsfjord. History, geology, pegmatites, minerals. Bode Verlag Gmbh, Salzhemmendorf, Germany, 240 pp.
- Larsen, A.O. & Erambert, Muriel (2010): Mosandritt og rinkitt fra nefelinsyenittpegmatitter i Langesundsfjordområdet. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift.43: 95-102 [with an analysis of mosandrite from this locality]

Mineral List

Aegirine Albite 'Amphibole Group' Analcime Ancylite-(Ce) Annite Apophyllite-(KF) Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Bastnäsite-(Ce) Behoite Berborite Bertrandite Biotite Böhmite Britholite-(Ce) Calcite Cancrinite Catapleiite Cerite-(Ce)

Cerussite Chiavennite 'Chlorite Group' Epididymite Eudidymite Ferrokentbrooksite Fluorapatite var: Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite Fluorite Galena Gibbsite Goethite Gonnardite Gonyerite Grenmarite Hambergite Helvite Hematite Heulandite-Ca Hydrocerussite

Hydrozincite Ilmenite Kentbrooksite Låvenite Leucophanite Löllingite Microcline Molybdenite Monazite-(Ce) Montmorillonite Mosandrite Natrolite var: Spreustein Neotocite Nepheline Nordstrandite Parisite-(Ce) Pectolite Polylithionite Powellite

Pyrite Pyrochlore Group Pyrophanite Pyrrhotite Qilianshanite Rhodochrosite Rosenbuschite Sérandite Sodalite var: Hackmanite Sphalerite Tadzhikite-(Ce) Thomsonite-Ca Thorite Tritomite-(Ce) Tvedalite Wöhlerite Wulfenite Zircon Zirsilite-(Ce)

80 entries listed. 73 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.