| Description |
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| Comments: | Erdmann describe what he thinks ia a new mineral as "bamblite", from a locality '1 mile south of Brevig' (Bamble area). This proved later to be sillimanite.
Sillimanite is not uncommon in gneisses and pegmatites related to gneisses in Bamble. |
| Quality of samples: | not specified / average specimens |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| References |
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| References: | Erdmann (1842b); Neumann (1985, p. 141). |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Sillimanite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Bamble (Bamle), Telemark, Norway |
