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Barkevikite



An obsolete name for a dark amphibole from pegmatites in the Langesundsfjord area.
The composition of barkevikite corresponds to several species within the range ferroedenite-hastingsite-magnesiohastingsite, depending on and varying from locality to locality.
"Barkevikite" from its "type locality", Skutesundskjær near Barkevik, in the eastern part of the Langesundsfjord, is ferroedenite (Larsen 1995, Larsen 1998).

Classification of Barkevikite

IMA status:Discredited 1978
Explanation of status:Amphibole with variable composition (ferroedenite-hastingsite-magnesiohastingsite).
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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 Barkevikite

Reference List:Larsen, A.O. (1995): Identiteten til de sorte amfibolene fra Oslofeltets syenittpegmatitter. Norsk Bergverksmuseum, Skrift 9, 27-34.

Larsen, A.O. (1998): Revisjon av nomenklatur for de sorte amfibolene fra Oslofeltets syenittpegmatitter. Norsk Bergverksmuseum, Skrift 14, 9.

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    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Arsuk
        • Arsuk Firth
    		Hodson, M.E., and Finch, A.A. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 127, 46-56.
      • Narsaq
        • Ilimaussaq complex
          • Tunugdliarfik Firth (Eriksfjord)
    		Boeggild, O.B. (1953): The Mineralogy of Greenland, Meddelelser om Groenland, Vol. 149/3, Reitzels Forlag Koebenhavn
    Madagascar
     
    • Antsiranana Province
      • Diana (Northern) Region
        • Nosy Be District
    		Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
    Norway
     
    • Vestfold
      • Larvik
        • Langesundsfjorden
          • Helgeroa
    		Brøgger, W.C. (1890): Die Mineralien der Syenitpegmatitgänge der südnorwegischen Augit-und Nephelinsyenite. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie und Mineralogie 16. p. 65-67
      • Sandefjord
        • Vesterøya
    		Raade, G & Larsen, A. O.: Polylithionite from syenite pegmatite at Vøra, Sandefjord, Oslo Region, Norway. Contributions to the Mineralogy of Norway, no 65. Norsk Geologisk Tidskrift 60 (1980), 117-124
    Ukraine
     
    • Zaporozh'e Oblast'
      • Azov Sea Region
    		Ryabchikov, I.D., Kogarko, L.N., Krivdik, S.G., and Ntaflos, T. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(6), 423-432.
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