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Epidote from
Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Epidote
Formula:(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epidote data
Locality Data:Click here to view Falun mine, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:890072
Long-form Identifier:1:3:890072:2
GUID (UUID V4):e68acf5d-655f-4dca-95de-28199f28c890
Nearest other occurrences of Epidote
10.7km (6.6 miles) ⓘGrönsjöberget, BorlĂ€nge, Dalarna County, Sweden
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘHarmsarvet silver mine, Grycksbo, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘBjursĂ„s pegmatite, BjursĂ„s, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘSvartvik Mine, Svartvik Mines, SvĂ€rdsjö, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
18.4km (11.5 miles) ⓘHornberg mine, Sundborn, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘLövĂ„sen, SĂ€ter, Dalarna County, Sweden
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘSvĂ€rdsjö, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘHedvig Mine, Vallberget Mines, Öster Silvberg mining district, SĂ€ter, Dalarna County, Sweden
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘMellan Mine, Vallberget Mines, Öster Silvberg mining district, SĂ€ter, Dalarna County, Sweden
31.8km (19.8 miles) ⓘAmerika Mine, Vallberget Mines, Öster Silvberg mining district, SĂ€ter, Dalarna County, Sweden
References
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Catalog/List
metallic pebble polished on one side 3.5 x3cm Keweenaw County Michigan USA ÂŁ25 - 4 TALC pure pink massive about...BalmatEdwards Zinc mining district, St Lawrence County ,New York, USA ÂŁ7 14 EPIDIDYMITE pure white-grey...covering small quartz crystals 3x3cm Bwlch I Glas Mine, Tal-y-Bont Ceredigion Wales ÂŁ6 I 19 NIFONTOVITE...1cm long and 3 mm across on very small matrix Fuka Mine, Okayama Japan ÂŁ 15 -20 - TANXALITE-obv:iousblac~...creamy white cleavable like a feldspar 6x3cm ÂŁ25 Fuka Mine,m Okayama Prefecture Japan , (photo left) 23B) smaller
Report (issue)
Series Geology oftheAndover Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey" by P. K. Sims and B. F. Leonard**................................ 36 Sulphur Hill mine ................................................................................................. mine ..................................................Geologic map-and structure sections mines, Stlssex County, New Jersey. Geologic map of the Tar New Jersey...and 3a. Crumpled pyroxene-feldspar Sulphur Hill mine. 3b. Fault 4. Detailed along southeast geologic
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six generations of dolerites (in Ma): Blekinge-Dalarna dolerites Protogine Zone dolerites Central Scandinavian...Dolerite Group Tuna dikes and age equivalents in Dalarna Värmland dolerites Breven-Hällefors dolerites... Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62 Lund, Sweden L. M. Heaman Department of Earth and Atmospheric...of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden U. B. Andersson Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala...Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden reïŹ‚ect discrete events of back-arc extension as
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System Associated with the Siljan Impact Structure, Sweden—Implications for the Search for Fossil Life on... Stockholm, Sweden. of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. 271 272...an impact-related hydrothermal system in Siljan, Sweden, and discuss why it is a possible target in the...(368 6 1.1 Ma), situated in Dalarna (Dalecarlia) in southern central Sweden (61°29N, 14°529E), is the largest...1975). The width of the ring-shaped FIG. 1. Map of Sweden showing the location of the Siljan impact structure
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Systematics of Hydrothermal Alteration at the Falun Base Metal Sulfide Deposit and Implications for...Bergslagen Ore District, Fennoscandian Shield, Sweden* Tobias C. Kampmann,1,† Nils F. Jansson,1 Michael...LuleĂ„, Sweden 2 Geological 3 CEMPEG, 4 Faculty Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden Department...Uppsala University, VillavĂ€gen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection...Department, 936 81 Boliden, Sweden Abstract The Paleoproterozoic Falun Zn-Pb-Cu-(Au-Ag) pyritic sulfide
Report (chapter)
STEPHENS2 1 Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden 2 Division of Geosciences and...LuleĂ„ University of Technology, SE-971 87 LuleĂ„, Sweden MR, 0000-0003-1462-1863 *Correspondence: Magnus...unconformably above metamorphic rocks in west-central Sweden. These volcanic rocks erupted at 1711 + 7/−6 to...(Caledonian). The part of the province in west-central Sweden addressed here represents a farïŹeld and shallow...wellpreserved, 1.7 Ga magmatic province in west-central Sweden (Fig. 9.1) that formed after the Svecokarelian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Galenobismuthite containing selenium from Falun, Sweden ; 4. Silver bismuth glance from Lake City, Colorado;...the Treasury Vault mine, Summit Co., Colorado; 7. Fahlerz from the Governor Pitkin mine, Lake City, Colorada...Colorada ; 8. Polybasite from the Terrible Lode mine, Clear Creek Co., Colorado; 9. Arsenical pyrites from...Pennsylvania; 11. Ilmenite and oligoclase from the Carter mine, North Carolina; 12. Topaz from Stoneham, Maine...Antwerp, New York : 16. Calamine from the Bertha mine, Pulaski Co., Virginia ; 1’7.Titanite from Statesville
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in the Stollberg Ore Field, Bergslagen District, Sweden Katherine S. Frank,1 Paul G. Spry,1,† Hein Raat... Exploration Department, Garpenberg SE-776 98, Sweden of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources...SE-971 87, Sweden 4 Geological Survey of Sweden, P.O. Box 670, Uppsala SE-751 28, Sweden Abstract The...occurs in the Bergslagen region of south-central Sweden, a polydeformed ca. 1.9 Ga igneous province dominated...province on the Fennoscandian Shield in south-central Sweden (Fig. 1). It hosts thousands of mineral occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hsusrnannite in a limestone poor in magnesium at Lsngban, Sweden. The green colour of the pgriclase is due to numerous... -F 5H,O. C o p i a p i t e and Botryogen from Falun, By 5. A. HJALMAR SJOQREN(Jc~hrb.f. Min., 1897,...306-31 2).-Copiapite occurs on botryogen a t Fitlun, Sweden, as a fine-crystalline aggregate of sulphur, t...agrees with a n old analysis of Cleve’s of the Falun mineral, and leads t o the formula MgFe”’(OH)(SO...berzeliite and calcite in a grey limestone a t Lhngban, Sweden. It is grey to pale violet i n colour ; the lustre
Catalog/List
section. The largest crystal is 1.5cm high Telirio Mine, Linopolis Minas Gerais Brazil with previous dealers...over 4x4 surface. It's about 1mm thick Cassagna Mine, Ne ,Graveglia Valley, Liguria Italy, I collected...reverse side. overall size 11x 8cm Star of the Congo mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga DR Congo ÂŁ80 13 VANADINITE...size piece 1.5 xl .5cm Cock's orebody, San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua Mexico ÂŁ12 3 15 PYRITE intergrown sharp...fairly rich red brown platy on 1 xl.5cm Varenche Mine, Aosta Italy ÂŁ12 19 MUSCOVITE variety ALURGITE good
Report (chapter)
LuleĂ„ University of Technology, SE-971 87 LuleĂ„, Sweden *Correspondence: michael@stephens.se Abstract:...lithotectonic unit, Svecokarelian orogen, south-central Sweden. Three sulphide mines are currently in operation...through the 2.0–1.8 Ga Svecokarelian orogen in Sweden, described in Part I of this Memoir, continues...lithotectonic unit, has been of major signiïŹcance for Sweden, both socially and economically. This metallogenic...lithotectonic unit also contains one of the two places in Sweden investigated in detail down to 1000 m depth to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
determinations from the Proterozoic sulfide ores of Central Sweden A. Johansson 1., and D. Rickard 2 1 Ore Research...Institution, Stockholm University, S-106 9l Stockholm, Sweden 2 Department of Mineral Exploitation, University...(Svecokarelian) Bergslagen district of central Sweden and four epigenetic deposits in the Alvdalen and...precise modern data on ore lead isotopes from central Sweden. The purpose of this p.aper is to present some...area. Geologic background The geology of central Sweden is dominated by the early Proterozoic (ca. 2-1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
are green hornblende, zoisite, clinozoisite and epidote, ilmenite (with leucoxene): they are in part veined...alternating with zoisite and epidote bands. Associated with them occur rocks rich in epidote (epidosites) also foliated...usual predominance of plagioclase felspar over epidote minerals. 302 C. E. Tilley— Long orientated...Quartz-eordierite-antbophyllite rock, Carl Filip, Falun Mine, Sweden. W. Larsson. Bull. Geol. Inst. Upsala, 1932...(column 2a). There are resemblances too with the Falun cordierite-anthophyllite rock (column 3) the chief
Journal (volume)
Survey of Finland Bulletin 306 The ore deposits of Sweden by Rudyard Frietsch Geologinen tutkimuslaitos...Survey of Finland, Bulletin 306 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SWEDEN by RUDYARD FRIETS CH with one figure in the text...ESPOO 1980 Frietsch, R. 1980. The ore deposits of Sweden. Geological SlIrvey Bulletin 306. 20 pages and...figure. 0/ Finland, The metallogenie provinces of Sweden are reviewed. The Precambrian deposits include...the iron, sulphide and tungsten ores of Central Sweden, the sulphide ores of the Skellefte district, the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Lovisa Stratiform Zn-Pb Deposit, Bergslagen, Sweden: Structure, Stratigraphy, and Ore Genesis N. F... LuleÄ University of Technology, 971 87 LuleÄ, Sweden 2 Lovisagruvan 3 Boliden 4 Department 5 Department... 711 77 StrÄssa, Sweden Mineral, Exploration Department, 776 98 Garpenberg, Sweden of Geosciences,...Natural History, Box 50 007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State...postvolcanic pelitic rocks. Introduction The Lovisa mine exploits one of the most important styles of base
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Proterozoic MassiveSulfide Deposit at Garpenberg, Central Sweden WALDO VIVALLO Department of Geology,Universityof...intruded by granitoidsand is folded and typical Falun-type (e.g., Magnusson,1960). Howmetamorphosedto...origin for the deposit iron oxide deposits. at Falun, and Henriques (1966) implied that he The Garpenbergdeposit...centralprovincehave traditionallybeen divided into the Falun and .‱,m- General roebergtypes(e.g., Magnusson...has been previouslydescribedby Geijer (1916), Falun type consistsof massiveZn-Pb-Cusulfideore 0361-0128/85/374/17-16$2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulphides.In exceptionalexamples,as at .Kaveltorp, Sweden, a seriesof sulphides' arereported aspreceding... micas, garnet, quartz, tourmaline,carbonates,epidote,zoisite, sericite, serpentine, ilvaite,vesuvianite...(65) .... x x x x x x x x x x x x x Ashley Mine, Ont. (95) ................. Atikokan, Ont. (45)...(9) ..................... x x x x x x x Beattie Mine, Que. (30) ................ x x x x x Several...x Altenberg, Saxony, Germany (58) ....... Alexo Mine, Ont. (97) .................. Anyox, B.C. (II3)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Springer-Verlag 1983 Pumpellyite-Bearing Rocks in Central Sweden and Extent of Host Rock Alteration as a Control...Geology, University of Stockholm, S-1069t Stockholm, Sweden Abstract. Metamorphic assemblages and mineral...sub-Jotnian and Jotnian) in the Dala region, central Sweden, reveal a history comprising two metamorphic episodes...basement. Two other Jotnian sequences in central Sweden are in the same facies. There are systematic chemical...atoms per formula unit (Psso). Compositions of epidote and pumpellyite in pervasively altered rocks vary
Report (volume)
Cordiorite-anthophyllite-rock at the Orijarvi mine eordierite-anthophyllite-rock in 189 the Orijarvi... near the Orijarvi of lilijarvi southeast mine of the boundary-zone 221 amphibolite Cummi...andradite-skam Quartz-veins sulphide the skarn lilijarvi mine occurrences contact-aureole Banded Occurrences... Orijdrvi Brodtorp in mine the aureole . . . 243 243 The Aijala mine ore . 234 ore The skarn...the 234 The The 233 layers ores Orijarvi mine The oxide skarn nature of The Small 230 the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
volcano-sedimentary Bergslagen ore province in central Sweden, more than 1000 eruptive rocks were analyzed for...rare. The only exception is Falun, which was once Europe's largest copper mine. The present article is based...of porphyritic erupand the old sulfide mines of Falun, Sala and Garpen- tive rocks selected for freshness...Very important in Garpenberg, ~mmeberg, Yxsj6berg, Falun and Sax- many rocks is also a pronounced increase...2 . 5 3 ) 74.63(2.26) or spherulitic textures. Epidote veins are common in SiO2 75.40 (2.63) 0,17 (0.I0)
Journal (issue)
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) from the Bjelke mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, VĂ€rmland, Sweden ...............................from near the Stifle claim, Georgetown, El Dorado County, California .....................................PYROSMALITE(Fe) crystals on matrix, 7 cm, from the Bjelke mine, Sweden. Mim Mineralogical Museum collection, Beirut...from the recent discovery at the N’Chwaning III mine in South Africa. Chris also has a small collection...MINERALS LIMITED Azurite with Malachite | Milpillas Mine, Mexico | 4.5 x 3.4 x 1.9cm orders@crystalclassics
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fauske to Efjorden in the northern part of Nordland county. It is a foliated pale grey to pale red partly...Fe-rich "hastingsitic hornblende", fluorite and epidote-allanite (Foslie 1941). Age determination indicates...aggregate in a single specimen from Finnbo , Falun , Dalarna , Sweden , in the collect ion of NRM in Stockholm...Terdal (Raade et al. 1993) and from Finnbo, Falun, Dalarne, Sweden (Johan Kjellman, pers. comm. 2008). Kuliokite-(Y)...pegmatites in Norway (Neumann 1985, p. 157) and Sweden (Kristiansen 1993), but only as massive material
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ProterozoicRift Basin,Gruvfsen, Western Bergslagen,Sweden ROB H. HELLINGWERF GeologicalInstitute, Universityof...The sulfideskarnoresof the Gruv‱en mine area, westernBergslagen,Sweden,occurin a sequenceof marblesand ...metasomatic alteration. The W-Mo-Cu-Sn-Zn-Fe-Pb-As metal Sweden,occur in a sequenceof marblesand metatuffltesintrudedby...sistingof actinolite,andesine,biotite-phlogopite,epidote, quartz,sphene,rutile, andsericite.The mineral...linerich (80 vol %) and phlogopite,with minor epidote, calcite, rutile, sericiteor phlogopiterich (70
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ru J.J. Berzelius just for Yallanite from Falun, Sweden. One of the first mentions of that finding belongs...the sample from the famous Ytterby locality in Sweden, noted a high Y content in the orthite found together...Engström’s wasite, Berzelius’ pyrorthite found in Sweden, Kerntdt’s bodenite and muromontite in Germany...0.07 1.55 0.01 2.69 (1) orthite from Ytterby, Sweden (Ce2O3 = ÎŁCe2O3 + La2O3) (Hermann, 1848); (2) muromontite...+ Er2O3) (Chernik, 1908); (3) orthite from Falun, Sweden (Y2O3 = ÎŁ Y2O3 + Er2O3, Nd2O3 = ÎŁNd2O3 + Pr2O3)
Book (volume)
explain the ideas of those who have worked on it (and mine, where they differ from those readily available...other three, are arranged from north to south. For Sweden, a general summary of the metallogeny of that country...the one that contains the iron ores of central Sweden in which the numerous ore bodies are of a few 5...discussion in detail; these are: GrÀngesberg, LSngban, Falun, and Garpenberq. Also included in this area is the...countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1 7 17 Finland Poland USSR 12 2 30. These 80
 
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