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Elaeolite
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Stavern (Fredriksvärn), Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
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| Name: | From the Greek word for oil, ελαιον, due to its greasy lustre. | ||
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A variety of Nepheline
Massive, with oily or greasy luster (Fatstone, Oilstone), grey to green or blue.
Name introduced by Karsten and Klaproth (1809) for a mineral from the the syenite-pegmatite-dykes at Friedrichswärn (= Stavern), Norway, later shown to be identical with nepheline. However the name was used as a varietal of nepheline during the 19th century.
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Massive, with oily or greasy luster (Fatstone, Oilstone), grey to green or blue.
Name introduced by Karsten and Klaproth (1809) for a mineral from the the syenite-pegmatite-dykes at Friedrichswärn (= Stavern), Norway, later shown to be identical with nepheline. However the name was used as a varietal of nepheline during the 19th century.
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||
References for Elaeolite | ||||
| Reference List: - + | Karsten, [D.L.G.] and Klaproth, [M.H.] (1809):Mineralogisch-chemische Untersuchung des Elaoliths. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, Magazin für die Neuesten Entdeckungen in der Gesamten Naturkunde. 3, 43-44 Scheerer, Th. (1840): Ueber Eläolith und Nephelin. Annalen der Physik. 125, 359-381 Raade, G. (1996): Minerals originally described from Norway. Including notes on type material. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift. 11, 104 pp. + plates 1-7. | |||
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