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

(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
- 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]





Mineral List:
Aegirine
Albite
Analcime
Ancylite-(Ce)
Annite ?
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
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
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
Neotocite
Nepheline
Nordstrandite
Parisite-(Ce)
Pectolite
Polylithionite
Powellite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrophanite
Pyrrhotite
Rhodochrosite
Rosenbuschite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Tadzhikite-(Ce)
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
Tritomite-(Ce)
Tvedalite
Wöhlerite
Wulfenite
Zircon
Zirsilite-(Ce)


75 entries listed. 72 valid minerals.

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