Ågskardet LCT Pegmatite, Holandsfjorden, Meløy, Nordland, Norway

Zoned tourmaline from Ågskardet, Nordland (view of a polished and carbon-coated cross-section of a prism embedded in pale yellow resin; the prism was taken from the same small specimen as that shown in http://www.mindat.org/photo-752347.html). Pale pink = fluor-elbaite, dark yellowish rim = fluor-liddicoatite to Ca-rich fluor-elbaite, dark brown, ...

© Harald Schillhammer

A 7 mm brown microlite group crystal with zoned fluor-elbaite / fluor-liddicoatite in pegmatite matrix.

© Knut Eldjarn

Microlite crystals to 5mm from Ågskardet, Holandsfjord, Nordland, Norway. Specimen and photo: Knut Eldjarn.

© Knut Eldjarn

Massive nodule of salmonred lithiophilite, 1.5 x 1 cm, surrounded by colorless irregular masses of hureaulite. From Ågskardet Li-pegmatite, Holandsfjord, Nordland. Photo and collection: Roy Kristiansen Reference: Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p 115

© Roy Kristiansen

Tourmaline from Ågskaret, Size 7,5cm Photo & Collection Øivind Thoresen

© Øivind Thoresen

Cookeite as beige balls. The aggregates are found in vugs in albite and quartz. There are also some tourmaline fragments on this specimen. Size: 4 mm, across Photo: E. Hollund Collection: A. Michalsen

© Atle Michalsen

A rather big crystal of a pinkish colored tourmaline mineral, probably fluor-elbaite. The crystal partly has a coating of a greenish colored mineral, which could be fluor-liddicoatite. This crystal is not analysed. Size of crystal: 9,5 x 1,5 cm

© A. Mikalsen

White to pink masses of spodumene. The cleavage and striations is typical for this mineral. Photo and collection: A. Michalsen

© Atle Michalsen

Hand specimen (11 x 8 x 4.5 cm) containing zoned tourmaline from Ågskardet, Holandsfjord, Meløy, Nordland. Although the crystal seems dark brownish, the colour is only caused by a thin brown-yellow outer rim (fluor-liddicoatite grading into Ca-rich fluor-elbaite) on a pale pink to nearly colourless core (fluor-elbaite). Photo Alice ...

© Alice Schumacher

Zoned tourmaline from Ågskardet, Nordland (top view of a broken prism): Pale pink = fluor-elbaite, dark yellowish rim = fluor-liddicoatite to Ca-rich fluor-elbaite, dark brown, very thin rim = Fe-rich). See also photo http://www.mindat.org/photo-752350.html This photo was originally published in: Kolitsch, U., Andresen, P., Husdal, T. A., ...

© Harald Schillhammer

Pinkish masses of cookeite. Photo and collection: A. Michalsen

© A Michalsen

Zoned tourmaline, composed of three different species, from Ågskardet, Nordland. SEM micrograph (BSE mode). This photo was originally published in: Kolitsch, U., Andresen, P., Husdal, T. A., Ertl, A., Haugen, A., Ellingsen, H. V. and Larsen, A. O. (2013): Tourmaline-group minerals from Norway, part II: Occurrences of luinaite-(OH) in ...

© Uwe Kolitsch

Zoned tourmaline from Ågskardet, Nordland (SEM view of the same polished and carbon-coated cross-section shown in http://www.mindat.org/photo-752350.html). For details see other child SEM photos. SEM micrograph (BSE mode). This photo was originally published in: Kolitsch, U., Andresen, P., Husdal, T. A., Ertl, A., Haugen, A., Ellingsen, H. V. ...

© Uwe Kolitsch

Zoned crystals to 3 cm of fluor-elbaite and fluor-liddicoatite (outer rim) from the LCT pegmatite at Ågskardet, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

Zoned tourmaline, composed of three different species, from Ågskardet, Nordland. SEM micrograph (BSE mode). This photo was originally published in: Kolitsch, U., Andresen, P., Husdal, T. A., Ertl, A., Haugen, A., Ellingsen, H. V. and Larsen, A. O. (2013): Tourmaline-group minerals from Norway, part II: Occurrences of luinaite-(OH) in ...

© Uwe Kolitsch

A section of a zoned tourmaline crystal in matrix with pink and light blue fluor-elbaite rimmed by yellow green fluor-liddicoatite from Ågskardet, Holandsfjord, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

Zoned tourmaline, with K-feldspar inclusion, from Ågskardet, Nordland. SEM micrograph (BSE mode). This photo was originally published in: Kolitsch, U., Andresen, P., Husdal, T. A., Ertl, A., Haugen, A., Ellingsen, H. V. and Larsen, A. O. (2013): Tourmaline-group minerals from Norway, part II: Occurrences of luinaite-(OH) in Tvedalen, Larvik ...

© Uwe Kolitsch

Zoned tourmaline crystals of light blue and pink fluor-elbaite rimmed with yellow-green fluor-liddicoatite from Ågskardet, Holandsfjord, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

Zoned "watermelon" crystals of fluor-elbaite and fluor-liddicoatite from the LCT pegmatite at Ågskardet, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

A 4,5 x 3,5 cm specimen showing peach coloured spessartine with embedded crystals and sections of light pink to bluish fluor-elbaite rimmed with yellow green fluor-liddicoatite from the Ågskardet LCT pegmatite, Meløy, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

Spodumene crystals to 2 cm in matrix from the Ågskardet LCT pegmatite, Meløy, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

A 5 cm crystal of pink fluor-elbaite rimmed with yellow green fluor-liddicoatite from Ågskardet, Holandsfjord, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

Crystals and sections of pink fluor-elbaite rimmed by green fluor-liddicoatite from Ågskardet, Meløy, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

Zoned crystals to 4 cm of fluor-elbaite and fluor-liddicoatite with muscovite from the Ågskardet LCT pegmatite, Nordland, Norway.

© Knut Eldjarn

Black blocky columbite in quartz. Euromex EduBlue 5 MP CMOS Camera; ImageFocus Plus, Helicon Focus. Peter Lof photo and collection.

© Peter Lof

Some zoned crystals of tourmaline. These crystals are most probably both fluor-liddicoatite [the yellowgreen rim] and fluor-elbaite [in the core]. These crystals are not analysed.

© Atle Mikalsen

Typical (for the locality) zoned tourmaline crystal, partially embedded in matrix. This specimen shows the typical gradation from a dark yellow-green outer rim (fluor-liddicoatite) to a colourless core of fluor-elbaite. The specimen was purchased as containing rossmanite as a later filling of cracks in the tourmaline, but is perhaps impossible ...

© Andrew Hodgson

The lower part of the pegmatite quarry. 19.07.2005. Photo by Peter Andresen.

© Peter Andresen

Upper part of the pegmatite quarry. 19.07.2005. Photo by Peter Andresen.

© Peter Andresen