| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Natrolite |
| Formula: | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| Comments: | Large amounts of excellent crystal groups have been found in this quarry. |
| Habit: | Long to short prismatic crystals. |
| Colour: | Colourless |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Common |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Peterandresenite | ⓘ10 photos of Natrolite associated with Peterandresenite at this locality. |
| Behoite | ⓘ9 photos of Natrolite associated with Behoite at this locality. |
| Chiavennite | ⓘ6 photos of Natrolite associated with Chiavennite at this locality. |
| Gonnardite | ⓘ4 photos of Natrolite associated with Gonnardite at this locality. |
| Analcime | ⓘ4 photos of Natrolite associated with Analcime at this locality. |
| Calcite | ⓘ2 photos of Natrolite associated with Calcite at this locality. |
| Pyrite | ⓘ1 photo of Natrolite associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Fluorapophyllite-(K) | ⓘ1 photo of Natrolite associated with Fluorapophyllite-(K) at this locality. |
| Fayalite | ⓘ1 photo of Natrolite associated with Fayalite at this locality. |
| Aegirine | ⓘ1 photo of Natrolite associated with Aegirine at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Natrolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view A/S Granit Quarry, Tuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (8 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 507668 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:507668:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 17731b6f-3a41-4bbb-8055-9c965ee12938 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Natrolite |
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| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘJohs Nilsens Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘTuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘArent Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 0.7km (0.4 miles) | ⓘBjørndalen Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 0.8km (0.5 miles) | ⓘVevja Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘVevja 2 Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 1.2km (0.7 miles) | ⓘHeia Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 1.4km (0.9 miles) | ⓘNorwegian Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘSaga 2 Quarry, Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway |
| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘSaga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway |
| References |
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Larsen, Alf Olav, Andersen, Frode, Dahlgren, Sven, Larsen, Knut Edvard, Burvald, Ingulv - Ed. (2010) The Langesundsfjord - History, geology, pegmatites, minerals. Bode Verlag Gmbh. p.1-240. |
| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | Grice, J. D., Kristiansen, R., Friis, H., Rowe, R., Poirier, G. G., Selbekk, R. S., Cooper, M. A., Larsen, A. O. (2013) Ferrochiavennite, a new beryllium silicate zeolite from syenite pegmatites in the Larvik Plutonic Complex, Oslo region, Southern Norway. The Canadian Mineralogist, 51 (2) 285-296 doi:10.3749/canmin.51.2.285 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | FERROCHIAVENNITE, A NEW BERYLLIUM SILICATE ZEOLITE FROM SYENITE PEGMATITES IN THE LARVIK PLUTONIC COMPLEX...COMPLEX, OSLO REGION, SOUTHERN NORWAY Joel D. GRICE§ Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443 Stn D, Ottawa...Canada Roy KRISTIANSEN PO Box 32, N-1650 Sellebakk, Norway Henrik FRIIS Natural History Museum, University...University of Oslo, PO Box 1172, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway Ralph ROWE and Glenn G. POIRIER Canadian Museum... PO Box 3443 Stn D, Ottawa KIP 6P4, Canada Rune S. SELBEKK Natural History Museum, University of Oslo |
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A/S Granit Quarry, Tuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway