Cleveite

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Name:	In honour of Per Theodor Cleve (1840-1905)- Swedish chemist, mineralogist and oceanograph.

A variety of Uraninite

A REE-bearing variety of uraninite. Presence of (Y,Ce, etc.)2O3 extends to at least 10%.
The first portions of terrestrial Helium (He) were obtained during Cleveite dissolution in sulfuric acid (Ramsey 23 March of 1895 - 27 years later of discovery of He on the Sun).
First described by Nordenskiöld (1878) from the Garta feldspar quarry, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway.

Classification of Cleveite
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Other Information
Health Warning:	Strong radioactive.
References for Cleveite
Reference List: - +	- Nordenskiöld, A.E. (1878): Mineralogiska bidrag 5. Cleveit, ett nytt yttro-uran mineral från Garta felsspatsbrott nära Arendal. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar , 4: 28-32 - Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 614.
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(TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.


Norway
Aust-Agder Arendal Stokken Garta Feldspar Quarry	Nordenskiöld, A.E. (1878): Mineralogiska bidrag 5. Cleveit, ett nytt yttro-uran mineral från Garta felsspatsbrott nära Arendal. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar , 4: 28-32
Evje og Hornnes Åvesland Åvesland 1 Feldspar Quarry	Andersen, O. (1931): Feltspat II. Forekomster i fylkene Buskerud og Telemark, i flere herreder i Aust-Agder og i Hidra i Vest-Agder. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse nr 128b, p 94-95
Iveland Tveit Tveit 1 Feldspar Quarry (Elias mine)	Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
Østfold Halden Lundestad	Harald Bjørlykke (1939): Feltspat V. De sjeldne mineraler på de norske granittiske pegmatittganger, NGU Nr. 154
Sarpsborg Setreåsen Setre 2	Broch, O. A. (1934): Feltspat IV, NGU nr. 141, pp. 90-91
Setre I	Harald Bjørlykke: Feltspat V. De sjeldne mineraler på de norske granittiske pegmatittganger, NGU Nr. 154, 1939

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