| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Mesolite |
| Formula: | Na2Ca2Si9Al6O30 · 8H2O |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Apophyllite Group | ⓘ1 photo of Mesolite associated with Apophyllite Group at this locality. |
| Stilbite Subgroup | ⓘ1 photo of Mesolite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Mesolite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Strond Quarry, Ánirnar, Borðoy, Norðoyar Region, Faroe Islands |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 512825 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:512825:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | bc22fa69-63a5-41f7-a785-343829d1de1a |
| Nearest other occurrences of Mesolite |
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| 0.5km (0.3 miles) | ⓘHaraldssund, Kunoy, Norðoyar Region, Faroe Islands |
| 3.9km (2.4 miles) | ⓘHvannasundsvegur Quarry, Depil, Borðoy, Norðoyar Region, Faroe Islands |
| 8.5km (5.3 miles) | ⓘThe Northern Isles Tunnel, Leirvik, Eysturoy, Eysturoy Region, Faroe Islands |
| 8.9km (5.6 miles) | ⓘLeirvik, Eysturoy, Eysturoy Region, Faroe Islands |
| 12.7km (7.9 miles) | ⓘSyðrugøta, Eysturoy, Eysturoy Region, Faroe Islands |
| 14.2km (8.8 miles) | ⓘHjarðardalur, Hellurnar, Eysturoy, Eysturoy Region, Faroe Islands |
| 16.0km (9.9 miles) | ⓘHvítusteinar Quarry, Skálabotnur, Eysturoy, Eysturoy Region, Faroe Islands |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘHustoft Quarry, Lamba, Eysturoy, Eysturoy Region, Faroe Islands |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘEidi II Hydropower Tunnel, Selatrað, Eysturoy, Eysturoy Region, Faroe Islands |
| 19.9km (12.4 miles) | ⓘSelatrađ Quarry, Morskranes, Eysturoy, Eysturoy Region, Faroe Islands |
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 | | Journal (issue) | | society Richard Barstow SMLS Visit to the Faroe Islands. Part 2 Mineral Collecting Journal 234 - November...him negotiating with the local Arabs( Highdown quarry Richard dug deep trenches and uncovered superb...Journal 234 Nov/Dec 2011 SMLS VISIT TO THE FAROE ISLANDS July 4th - 11 th 2011 Part 2. Mineral Collecting...coast of Scotland (e.g. the Isle of Skye), the Faroe Islands, Iceland and SE Greenland and these are all...although to get from a point on one island to a quarry you could see across the water on the next island |  | | Journal (issue) | | ptiotoDavidGreen. 3 FRONTISPIECE Heulandite from the Faroe Islands The ( 'K Je111n111/ ef Jv/ilicsand Minerals...Lee • Bartal H0jgaard 43 SMLS VISIT TO THE FAROE ISLANDS 59 1ne vi and opinions expressed in this Journal...appropriate channel. through MINERALS OF AUGHRIM QUARRY Stephen Moreton • David Green • Andrew Tindle...the discovery of calcite crystals at Sligachan Quarry in 2010 by French collectors Tom and Jean-Claude...Cruachan Granite (Porter and Selby, 2010). Trcarne Quarry was another subject of an early article in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | nice wavellite from the type locality at High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Devon; unfortunately, but deservedly...of clear mesolite needles on white analcime, in a large vug in Basalt, from Sund Old Quarry, Streymoy...would have been to collect and transport, as the mesolite is very fragile. It was altogether a brilliant...found whilst on the field trip to Hvitasteinar quarry, Skalabutnor on Eysturoy Island in the Faeroes...12 ems matrix, which also came from Hvitasteinar quarry. Richard Tayler - 4- SMLS Journal 239 Sept/Oct |  | | Book | | Goanikontes Claim, Araandis, Swakopmund District, Erongo Region, Namibia. Photo: John Hall CALCITE, 15mm crystal...Siberia, Namibia, the USA & Canada and the Faroe Islands. Practical courses in underground collecting...colour too. 9 Jeanbandyite/Natanite - Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall. Field of view approx. 3mm...Figure 5. Amethystine Geode (Potato Stone). Dulcote Quarry, Somerset. Figure 6. Calcite "Floater". Bonsall...opening a new cutting. I'm pretty sure that the quarry mentioned on Mindat must have been worked since |  | | Journal (issue) | | set of 8 minerals stamps issued by the Comores Islands (off Madagascar) which sells for £14. How widespread...regularly look up remote and exotic lands and islands in my old atlas when a stamp from somewhere new...on a £1 stamp (un-perforated) from the Bemera Islands off the Isle of Lewis is another example. The local...stuff. I did pick up an odd looking piece at Strond Quarry: It was a white friable nodule (or so I thought)...bladed aggregates of gemmy stilbite with a spray of mesolite and smaller tufts scattered here and there. It's |  | | Book | | MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...localities for good ilmenite crystals exist in the region (Brunet, I 977b ). NEW YORK Amity, Orange County...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo |
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Strond Quarry, Ánirnar, Borðoy, Norðoyar Region, Faroe Islands