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Alnö, Sundsvall, Medelpad, Sweden

Island with alkaline intrusions with rocks like alnöite, kimberlite, carbonatite, sövite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, borengite (from the locality Båräng).

Refs.:
- Högbohm, A.G. (1895): Über das Nephelinsyenitgebiet auf der Insel Alnö. Geol. Fören. Stockholm Förh.: 17: 100-160.
- http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/alno.htm

Compositional variations (major and trace elements) of clinopyroxene and Ti-andradite from pyroxenite, ijolite and nepheline syenite, Alnö Island, Sweden
Hode Vuorinen et al. (2005)
Lithos 81, 55– 77
http://www.nrm.se/download/18.14c432a7111ff6bba4f80003963/Alnoe.pdf

Hode Vuorinen, J. (2005)
The Alnö alkaline and carbonatitic complex, east central Sweden - a petrogenetic study
http://www.diva-portal.org/su/theses/abstract.xsql?dbid=546




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Aegirine
'Aeschynite'
Åkermanite
Allanite-(Ce)
Analcime
Anatase
Andradite
var: Hydroandradite

var: Melanite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
Baddeleyite
Baryte
Beckelite
Biotite
var: Manganophyllite

Britholite-(Ce)
Brookite
Calzirtite
Cancrinite
Celestine
Celsian
Chromite
Columbite
Corundum
Diamond
Diopside
Eckermannite
Edenite
Enstatite
Ferrorichterite
Fersmite
Gehlenite
Gersdorffite
Hanksite
Harmotome
Hyalophane
Ilmenite
Kaersutite
Kaliophilite
Kimzeyite
Kyanite
Mackinawite
Maghemite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite

Melilite
Monazite-(Ce)
Monticellite
Nahcolite
Natrolite
Nepheline
'Olivine'
Pectolite
Pentlandite
Periclase
Perovskite
var: Knopite
Piemontite
Pigeonite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite

Pyrochlore
Pyrophanite
Richterite
Riebeckite
Rutile
Scheelite
Sillimanite
Spinel
Strontianite
Sylvite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Tazheranite
Thenardite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Valleriite
Violarite
Xonotlite
Zircon
Zirconolite


82 entries listed. 69 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region:
Sweden
 
  • Medelpad
    • Sundsvall
      • Alnö

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