| Locality type: | Deposit |
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| Species: | Zoisite var: Thulite |
| Formula: | {Ca2}{Al,Mn33+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
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| Cyprine | ⓘ27 photos of Thulite associated with Cyprine at this locality. |
| Fluorite | ⓘ8 photos of Thulite associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Quartz | ⓘ5 photos of Thulite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Grossular | ⓘ5 photos of Thulite associated with Grossular at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ4 photos of Thulite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Piemontite | ⓘ4 photos of Thulite associated with Piemontite at this locality. |
| Vesuvianite Group | ⓘ3 photos of Thulite associated with Vesuvianite Group at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Thulite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 169219 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:169219:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 6677d129-98f5-43a0-88fb-9ec60579d54c |
| Nearest other occurrences of Thulite |
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| 52.4km (32.6 miles) | ⓘRoadcut near Tjostolvflaten, Tjostolvflaten, Tokke, Telemark, Norway |
| 96.1km (59.7 miles) | ⓘBreivevatnet Pump Station, Hovden, Bykle, Agder, Norway |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 34· THE CYPRIN-THULITE DEPOSIT AT ØVSTEBØ, NEAR KLEPPAN IN SAULAND, TELEMARK, NORWAY BY HENRICH NEUMANN...the farm Øvstebø not far from Kleppan in the district of Sauland in the county of Telemark in Southern...Southern Norway. The locality has earlier been given partly as Kleppan and partly as Sauland or Souland...was described by BER ZELIUS in 1820, and for thulite (red var. of zoisite) described by BRoo KE in...deposit as such was Scheerer in description of thulite in 1845; BRØGGER gives a crystallographic 1879 |  | | Report (volume) | | in 1828 (quoted by Hintze 1897) gave the name “thulite” to the pink colored Mn-minerals of the epidote...group, named after Thule, the ancient name for Norway. Allanite, the rare earth element epidote, was...name Ca2Al2Mn3+Si3O12(OH) no separate name (var. “thulite”) Alí1Mn3+ Alí1V3+ Ca2Al2V3+Si3O12(OH) no separate...consistent in the literature. The variety names “thulite” for Mn3+ bearing and “tanzanite” for V bearing...tanzanite. We therefore recommend using the terms “thulite” and “tanzanite” only for petrographic or gemological |
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Øvstebø, Kleppan, Sauland, Hjartdal, Telemark, Norway