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Tingelstadtjern Quarry, Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Tingelstadtjern, Modum kommune, Buskerud, Norge

Magnesite/serpentine deposit.

Years after the magnesite mining ended, serpentinite (partly intergrown with reddish magnesite) was taken from the dumps and used as decorative stones, in tables, etc.

Mineral List

Althausite (TL)
Anthophyllite
'Apatite'
Chlorapatite
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
var: Leuchtenbergite

Hematite
Heneuite (TL)
Holtedahlite (TL)
Hydromagnesite
Hydroxylapatite
Lizardite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Phosphoellenbergerite
Raadeite (TL)
'Serpentine Group'
Szaibélyite
Talc
Xenotime-(Y)


20 entries listed. 17 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Jøsang, Ottar (1966): Geologiske og petrologiske undersøkelser i Modumfeltet. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse nr 235, 91-97.

- Raade, G. & Tyssedal, M. (1975): Althausite, a new mineral from Modum, Norway. LITHOS 8, 215-219.

- Raade, G. & Mladeck, M. H. (1979): Holtedahlite, a new magnesium phosphate from Modum, Norway. LITHOS 12, 283-287.

- Rømming, C. & Raade, G. (1980): The crystal structure of Althausite. American Mineralogist, 65, 488-498.

- Raade, G., Mladeck, M. H. & Din, V.K. (1986): Heneuite, CaMg5(CO3)(PO4)3(OH), a new mineral from Modum, Norway. N. Jb. Miner. Mh. H. 8, 343-350.

- Rømming, C. & Raade, G. (1989): The crystal structure of natural and synthetic Holtedahlite. Mineralogy and Petrology 40: 91-100.

- Raade, G., Rømming, C., Medenbach, O. (1998): Carbonate-substituted phosphoellenbergerite from Modum, Norway: description and crystal structure. Mineralogy and Petrology, 62, 89-101

- Raade, G. (1999): Et unikt mineralselskap av magnesiumfosfater fra magnesitt-serpentin-forekomster på Modum. Bergverksmuseets Skrift nr 15, 10-14 [in norwegian].

- Chopin, C., Ferraris,G..Prencipe, M., Brunet, F. and Medenbach, O. (2001): Raadeite, Mg7(PO4)2(OH)8: a new dense-packed phosphate from Modum (Norway). European Journal of Mineralogy. 13: 319-327.

- Kristiansen, R. (2001): Raadeitt- enda et nytt magnesiumfosfat fra Modum. STEIN 28 (4), 6-7.

- Larsen, K.E. (2007): Mineralportrettet: Althausitt Mg2(PO4)(OH,F,O). STEIN 34 (4), 28.

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