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Svalbard, Norway



Detailed Mineral List:
Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Albite
Formula: NaAlSi3O8
Localities: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Locality: Sverrefjell volcano, Bockfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Allanite-(Ce)
Formula: {CaCe}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Alum-(K)
Formula: KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O
Locality: Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Photo: © L Kruszewski. Alum-(K) from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Apatite'
Localities: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Arctolite'
Formula: near (Ca,Mg)Al2Si3O10 · H2O
Locality: Hvitholmen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Locality: St. Jonsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Localities: Motalafjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Woodfjorden, Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Photo: © K.E.Larsen. Azurite from Woodfjorden, Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Formula: (Ce,La)(CO3)F
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Beryl
Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Localities: Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Calcite var: Iceland Spar
Locality: Gåshamna, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Localities: Gruben mine, Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Blyhatten mine, Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Localities: Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Motalafjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
'Chlorite Group'
Locality: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Clinohumite
Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)9(SiO4)4(F,OH)2
Locality: Fuglefjorden, Albert I. Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Photo: © Knut Eldjarn. Clinohumite from Fuglefjorden, Albert I. Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Clinozoisite
Formula: {Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Columbite-(Fe)
Formula: FeNb2O6
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Columbite-(Mn)
Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)2O6
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Localities: Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Digenite
Formula: Cu9S5
Localities: Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Localities: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Adolf Bay, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Elbaite
Formula: Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Locality: Kvitøya, Svalbard, Norway
Epidote
Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Fersmite
Formula: (Ca,Y)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH)6
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Localities: Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
Locality: Fuglefjorden, Albert I. Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Gadolinite-Datolite Group'
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Gahnite
Formula: ZnAl2O4
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Galena
Formula: PbS
Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region.
'Garnet'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Localities: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Adolf Bay, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Glaucophane
Formula: ◻[Na2][Mg3Al2]Si8O22(OH)2
Locality: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Goethite
Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)
Locality: Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Locality: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Hingganite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,REE,Ca)2(□,Fe2+)Be2[SiO4]2(OH)2
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Hoelite (TL)
Formula: C14H8O2
Type Locality: Pyramiden Coal Mine, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Reference: Oftedal I: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo, Resultater av de norske...
Photo: © OT. Ljostad. Hoelite from Pyramiden Coal Mine, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Idaite
Formula: Cu5FeS6
Locality: Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Localities: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Jadeite
Formula: Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Locality: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Jordanite
Formula: Pb14(As,Sb)6S23
Locality: Motalafjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Keiviite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,Yb)2[Si2O7]
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'K Feldspar'
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Lawsonite
Formula: CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2 · H2O
Locality: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Locality: Recherchefjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Localities: Motalafjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
St. Jonsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Woodfjorden, Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Melanterite
Formula: FeSO4 · 7H2O
Locality: Gruve 7 mine, Breinosa Mt., Adventdalen, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Millerite
Formula: NiS
Locality: St. Jonsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Monazite-(Ce)
Formula: (Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Localities: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Olivenite ?
Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH)
Locality: Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway - erroneously reported
'Olivine'
Formula: (Mg,Fe2+)2SiO4
Locality: Sverrefjell volcano, Bockfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Omphacite
Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Al)Si2O6
Locality: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Parisite-(Ce)
Formula: Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Phengite'
Locality: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Phlogopite
Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH,F)2
Localities: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Fuglefjorden, Albert I. Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Pumpellyite'
Locality: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Localities: Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Pyrochlore Group var: Plumbopyrochlore (of Skorobogatova et al.)
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Pyrochlore Group var: Yttropyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Plumbobetafite (of Hogarth 1977)'
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Pyrochlore Supergroup var: Yttrobetafite (of Hogarth 1977)'
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Pyroxene Group'
Locality: Sverrefjell volcano, Bockfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS (x = 0 to 0.17)
Locality: Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard, Norway
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.
Photo: © K.E.Larsen. Quartz from Ny-Friesland, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Localities: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Salammoniac
Formula: NH4Cl
Locality: Pyramiden Coal Mine, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Serpentine Group'
Formula: D2[Si2O5](OH)4 + or - nH2O
Locality: Fuglefjorden, Albert I. Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Locality: Oscar II Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Siderite var: Ca-rich Siderite
Formula: (Fe,Ca)CO3
Locality: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Spessartine
Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Localities: Gruben mine, Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Kapp Mineral, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
St. Jonsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
Localities: Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Fuglefjorden, Albert I. Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Photo: © Knut Eldjarn. Spinel from Fuglefjorden, Albert I. Land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Strontianite
Formula: SrCO3
Localities: Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Kapp Roaldkvam, Måkeholmen, Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Sulphur
Formula: S8
Locality: Pyramiden Coal Mine, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Synchysite-(Ce)
Formula: Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Tennantite
Formula: Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Locality: Sigurdfjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Locality: St. Jonsfjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Tetrahedrite
Formula: Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13
Locality: Motalafjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Tetrahedrite var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
Locality: Sinkholmen island, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Thorite
Formula: (Th,U)SiO4
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
Localities: Vestgötabreen, Oscar II land, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Tremolite
Formula: ☐{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Locality: Asbestodden, Recherchefjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Uraninite
Formula: UO2
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Witherite
Formula: BaCO3
Localities: Blyhatten mine, Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Skutilen, Bjørnøya, Svalbard, Norway
Xenotime-(Y)
Formula: Y(PO4)
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway
Zircon
Formula: ZrSiO4
Locality: Skoddefjellet, Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway


92 entries listed. 72 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

References

- Kjærnet, T. (2000): Minerallokaliteter på Svalbard. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 17: 12-18
- Kjærnet, T. (2012): Minerallokaliteter på Svalbard. Stein. 39 (1), 30-38

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