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Bastnäsite-(Ce) from
Lille Arøya (Midtre Arøy; Øvre Arøy; Övre-Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Description
Comments:Brøgger described a new mineral he called "Weibeyite" from the known eudidymite-locality. Later Pecora (1959) and Sæbö (1963) found "weibeyite" to be bastnäsite-(Ce) pseudomorphoses after ancylite-(Ce) or both bastnäsite-(Ce) and ancylite-(Ce) pseudomorphoses after zircon.
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Brøgger (1890, pp. 650-654); Sverdrup et al. (1959); Sæbö (1963); Neumann (1985, pp. 99 and 100).
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bastnäsite-(Ce) data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lille Arøya (Midtre Arøy; Øvre Arøy; Övre-Arö), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
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