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Almandine from
Kolsva, Köping, Västmanland County, Sweden


Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Almandine associated with Quartz at this locality.
Beryl2 photos of Almandine associated with Beryl at this locality.
Molybdenite1 photo of Almandine associated with Molybdenite at this locality.
Microcline1 photo of Almandine associated with Microcline at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kolsva, Köping, Västmanland County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:158069
Long-form Identifier:1:3:158069:3
GUID (UUID V4):39143675-c7c1-4a97-bc21-8d58e592383b
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine
40.4km (25.1 miles) Lovisagruvan (Lovisa Mine), Stråssa, Lindesberg, Örebro County, Sweden
44.8km (27.8 miles) Reboda pegmatite, Guldsmedshyttan, Storå, Lindesberg, Örebro County, Sweden
45.7km (28.4 miles) Hedkärra Mine, Västanfors, Fagersta, Västmanland County, Sweden
48.9km (30.4 miles) Askö mines, Vingåker, Södermanland County, Sweden
55.9km (34.7 miles) Älgfalls mine, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden
57.0km (35.4 miles) Kaveltorp Mines, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden
62.1km (38.6 miles) Häste ore field, Norberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
67.0km (41.6 miles) Stavs Mines, Katrineholm, Södermanland County, Sweden
68.6km (42.6 miles) Basttjärn ore field, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden
72.4km (45.0 miles) Hillängs Mine, Ludvika, Dalarna County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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ferroedenite ✓767 ■■ 62 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA / ' Blue -green veinlets with some...across £10 766 ■■ DIOPTASE Christmas Mine, Gita County, Arizona ,USA Green elongated micro crystals, Ok...· lxl £6 Ix2 £12 2x2 £24 Hydrocarbon 1129 ■■ ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich fine...lx2£15 35 ■■ CATTIERITE Nordgruvan, Nordmark, Sweden Fairly rich silvery masses in rock ½" £4 Ix½" £6...lxl £4 lx2 £8 f ■ COBALTITE Boliden Mine, North Sweden rich fine-grained grey mass, possible very micro
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Actinolite. CBastnasMine, Riddarhyttan,Sweden) 10 ALMANDINE red masses in green Omphacite. An attractive...mas'= (Tushar Mts, ne2r ~1.:w 7;·1il.le F'ilut·e County, Utah, U.S.A) 1x1 fl.30 lx2 f?.40 15 AMAZ0NITE...rich fawn sheaves in silvery schist.(Kopparberg Sweden)lx2 60p 2x2 tl.20 2x4 t2.40 28 ANTIG0RITE green...2x2 f2.40 53 BERYL pure blue green massive (Kolsva Sweden) 1x1 40p 1x2 BOp 2x2 fl.60 54 BINDHEIHITE rich...rich yellow masses with minor quartz. County, NevadaU.S.A) lxl BOp 55 BINDHEIMITE quite rich
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Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________ County. Arizona, U.S.A £5___ Rich orange-red masses with...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________ grey...well formed dodecahedral Madagascar 1 ins £4 ALMANDINE 1 Crystal I inch across garnet group__________...OH__________ magnification there are small crystals County, Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County, lx!4 £2.50 Ixl £4 37 Ce Sr CO/3 Montana U.S.A
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\IOSITE Rich white cruslS on matrix. £5 PbSiO/3 County. Arizona. U.S.A 2x2 1x2 sop Kragero Norway Rich...bro~n well formed dodecahedral Madagascar Iins£4 ALMANDINE . &.8":1C~ ~~P.. . .. ~rystal . I inch _across....maenification there are small crystals · - · .County. A:fiZC>i:i--=a=--- 60 AMAZONITE Attractive green...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Ix½ £2.50 Ixl £4 37 ANCYLITE Cc CeSr CO/3 ·. __...Al'\HYDRITE CaSO/4 2x3 £9 Sjogruvan Grythyttan, Sweden lxl £I.SO lx2 £3 2x2 £6 25 Al'\KERITE-KUTNAHORITE
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wh ite crusts on matrix. Rawhide Mine, Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway l x2 50p...Gloserhe ia, Froland, Aren dal, Norway Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1 2 Ix ! £4 l x2 £8...masses in qu artz, under Flux Canyon.Santa Cruz County, ½ x ½ magn ificati on there are small crystals...massive, x-rayed material. Sjogruvan Grythytt an, Sweden l x2 £3 2x2 £6 Pure black mica plate new Analysis...fawn sheaves in silvery schist Kaveltorp Mine Sweden Jx2 £ I l.x2 £2.5 0 l x2 £1.20 2x2 £2 2x2 £5
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ALLANITE Black areas in actinolite Bastnas Mine Sweden lxl £1.20 CeYFeSiO Quite attractive blue-grey botryoidal...Large brown well formed dodecahedral Madagascar ALMANDINE lins £4 garnet group Crystal 1 inch across Grey...SO/4 OH magnification there arc small crystals County, Arizona -------------"'--------'-'--'----'--____;;...Pure grey cleavable massive Crystal peak, Park County, Colorado, USA Keystone, South Dakota U.S.A. 1"...grained mass in calcite Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Ix½ £2.50 lxl £4 ANCYLITECe CeSr CO/3 Montana
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--··---- - - - - - · . 767 AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 17 ANAL CITE Talisker Bay, Skye, Scotland...- -- ·- -37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine.Ravalli County. Montana U.S.A 963 ALBITE Maine USA Rich pinkish..._______ ~~l~s~~r- . 1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden 501 ALLOPHANE New East Whcal Russell mine, Devon...95 ■ ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minho, Portugal 477 ALMANDINE Altai, Xonjiang, VR. China Quite rich pink masses...with 22 faces , about 2cm £6 lxl £2 lx2 £4 60 ALMANDINE Fauske Norway 140 ANDALUSITE Andalucia Spain.
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ACTINOLITE Achmelvich, near Lochinver, Scotland 477 ALMANDINE Altai, Xonjiang, VR. China / MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE...2x2 £3 Al SO/4 767 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA 14 ALUMINITE Railway cutting near...-52 ANDALUSITE Glomel. Brittany, France 1129 ■ ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Rich pinkish-grey...ANDALUSITE Andalucia Spain. Type Location 60 ALMANDINE Fauske Norway pure grey mass with possible crystal...■ ANDALUSITE Cabracao, Minho, Portugal lll l ALMANDINE . ~ptel and, Evje-l~eland area, South Norway Quite
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- ---- ---· ·- ---- ----·-·- ---- ·- -- 1129 ALMANDINE Brastad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway 87 ■ BERYL...-1111 ALMANDINE Epteland, Evje-lveland area, South Norway 164 BERYL Kolsva, Vastmanland Sweden Rich red...-- . -· ·- ----· 60 ALMANDINE Fauske Norway 91 BIXBYITE Ultevis, Lappland Sweden Sharp single dark brown...Norway 986 CATAPLEIITE Norra Karr, ostergotsland, Sweden single blue 3mm crystal on quartz Several pink...--- .. ------- - -· 1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden 1099 CATAPLEIITE Bratthagcn, near Larvik,Norway
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grained mass in Calcite.(Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana USA) 1 x 14 £2.50 1x1 £4 1x2 £10 156 NATIVE...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) 1x1 £4 1x2 £7.50 360 PARATELLURITE...matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) Ixliins £4 107 CHLORARGYRITE Ag Cl good...metallic mass in ■ matrix. (Mohawk Mine,Keenaw County Michigan USA) 1x1 £3 095 CALCIOVOLBORTHITE Ca Cu...matrix.(some + Micros> Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl £3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE
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Na Ca SiO F 7fJ 7 ■ AJOITE Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Blue veinlets in matrix some with...feldspar 37 ANCYLITE Ce Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U.S.A Rich pinkish fine grained mass in...-----••·•·1:".! .. '.°'!:_s~~---·-·· ····- 60 ALMANDINE Fauske Norway . Sharp single dark brown crystal...Central Africa ~6--......--.-·-····· ___ 477 ALMANDINE Altai, Xonjiang, YR. China good single dark red...£3 2x2 £6 2x3 £10 1009 ANDALUSITE Ultevis,North Sweden variety VIRIDINE (Mangan rich variety) Olive green
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matrix. (Outpost Mine, San Domingo Wash Maricopa County Arizona) lx)4ins £4 063 CAVANSITE Ca (V 0 ) SiO...matrix (Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs Garland County, Arkansas USA) lxl £4 1x2 £7.50 497 TELLURITE Te...pure dark brown metallic (Herbb £2 Mine, Powhatton County Virginia USA) lcm £6 314 PYRARGYRITE Ag/3 SbS/3...masses, well coating matrix. (Dooneen Mine Allihies, County Cork, S.Ireland) . lxl £3.50. 1x2 £6.50 2xl.5ins...matrix.(some + Micros! Monument 1 Mine, Navajo County,Arizona,USA) lxl.£3.50 1x2 £7.00 118 CONICHALCITE
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Brochantite on matrix. £4 Devon .England £2.50 ALMANDINE Large brown well fom1ed dodecahedral Madagascar..._ _ magnification there arc small cr stals _ __ County. _ AI1zona 60 AMAZO:-;ITE 2x3i nch£5 Madagascar...IxI£4 TiO --- - 37 ANC\'LITE Cc Ix1/, £2.50 Ix I£4 County. Rich pinkish fine grai ned mass in calc i te Dark...massive. xrayed material. Sjogruvan Gr)1hyttan. Sweden Dolomitc_group_ _ _ ___ _ _ __ _ ______ ___ _ ______...Larvik. South Norway _�clspar Group Kavcltorp M i ne Sweden 27 ANTHOPHYLLITE R ich fawn sheaves in si lvery
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ALBITE Kragero Norway ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,North Sweden 6 1009 Rich orange-red masses with darker Hornblende...½x½£2.5 I X 1/, £4 Ixl £6 lx2 £3 2x2 £6 2x3 £10 ALMANDINE Fauske Norway ANDALUSITE Glomel. Brittany, France..._£2_ ___ ________ _I _lx2_ _80 _ _____ _,o 1129 ALMANDINE Braslad iron Mine near Arendal ,Norway Unknown...area, South Norway Boulouris, St Raphael, France ALMANDINE 11 l I 2 36 Rich red granular mass, mixed with... Scarborough Yorkshire Mangruvan, Wcstmanland, Sweden ANDRADITE 69 I 160 Rich orange • brown granular
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Pure hard white sphere shaped nodule. ALSiO ALMANDINE garnet group AlS0/4 Al S0/4 ✓ New East Whcal...massive. xrayed material. Sjogruvan Gryth)1tan. Sweden 7 CcSrC0/3 CcSr C0/3 AISiO Feldspar Pb AgSb...Scotland mixture wilhChrysotile, pale grey-green ✓ County Bridge Quarry.Lizard C . ornwall massive. Stitchtitc...Greenland l x l £2.50 Norra Karr,Ostergotsland Sweden Ix I £ 1 .60 ✓ Barretts Zawn, Port Issac, Cornwall...Norway for this location. Dooneen M ine,Allihies,County lliick rich green mass as coating all over Cork
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Al Fe SiO 2x2 £12 lx2 £6 Dark Star Mine,Ravalli County, Montana U,S_A ANCYLITE Cc Rich pinkish fine grained...80 37 ANDALUSITE Ultcvis,Norlh Sweden ALLANITE Ce Dastnas Mine Sweden J 009 variety VTR.IDCNE (Mangan...2x3 £12 ANDESINE Boulouris, St Raphael, France ALMANDINE Fauske Norway 236 60 Sharp single dark brown crystal...2x3£5 Ix2£1-50 2x2£3 3x4£8 Feldspar £4 ANDORITE ALMANDINE Altai, Xonjiang, VR. China San Jose Mine, Oruro... AN KE RfTE-KUTNAIIORITE Sjogruvan Grythyttan, Sweden Rich fawn m assive, x-raycd material. Dolomite
Catalog/List
Richpinkishlinegnincdmassincalcite DarkStarMine,Ravalli County, Jx½ f2.50 lx I L4 MontanaU.S.A -Whitcphcnoaysls...rockFluoresccntgreen Al SiO DevonEngland lins f4 ALMANDINE Lage brownwellformcddodccahcdral Madagascar ~P...ALlJl'fITT Richorangemassesin quartz,under ½x½ f2 l County,Arizona K AlSOl4OH -~ification lhcrcarc small tals..._______ _ BERYL Richblt.ie-SRY massivewidlpossiblc Kolsva,QllmallaadSllalm hd U .50 BeAlSiO quanz B~IND-H...Colourless microcrystalsonColcmanitc lxath Valley, lnyo County ½x½..Cl.20lx ½ COLEMANITE CalifomiaU.S.A Ca B 0
Catalog/List
Arrrooniac. Magnesiohornblende,also large specimens,from Sweden. In single crystals, the Selenite (No 272) has...whenwet.(Ontario Canadai lxl El.20 lx2 E2.40 ~ 2l8 ALMANDINE with Omphacite.1 to 009 ALLANITE (Ce Y Fe SILICATE)...masses in Actinolite. (Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan,Sweden) lxl n.10 2 mmred Almandinein Eclogite rock (LochDuich...orange mass. (Tushar Mts. near Marysville Pilute County, Utah USA) lxl El.60 OH ALURGI1'E.variety of M:iscovite...HORITE r ich fawn massive.(SjogruvanMine, Gryt~tan Sweden).Looksrarer but is on~ dolomite.lxl fl.50 lx2 E3
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rnetallic spots in matrix (LookoutPass. Tooele County, Ut2h) lxl f7 ½ ins f4 478 ZIRCON Zr Si0/4 singl2...Y Pure resinous brownmasses. (Finnbo near Falun Sweden) lxl EJ lx2 ES 2x2 Ee 2x3 [12 1/t.i r:s Vi ~34...Hornblende(Kragero Norway) lx2 SOp 2x2 f.l.20 010 ALMANDINE Fe Al Silicate red masses with green Omphacite...slightly crystalline masses in matrix (Mullaghderg,County Donegal, Ireland) lxl El lx2 E2 025 ANKERITE-KUTNAHORITE...fawnmassive. Xrayed meial. (Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan, Sweden) lxl fl.50 lx2 E3 2x2 E6 053 ANTIGORITE Serpentine
Report (issue)
(1984). Microprobe analysis (1) from Hallefors, Sweden. ALLEGHANYITE. Dunn (Am. Mineral. 70, 379-387)...245-266 (1984) (English). Microprobe analyses, Glava, Sweden ALTAITE. Paar and Chen, (Karinthin 87, 371-381...(Eng). Analyses (8) from skarn Fe ores, northern Sweden. AMPHIBOLE. Frost (J. Petrol. 26, 31-63) (1985)...analyses (12) from sulfide skarn ore, Bergalagen, Sweden. AMPHIBOLE. Helper, (Geol. Soc. Am. Mem. 164, 125-141...Microprobe analyses (22) from Artfjallet gabbro, Sweden. AMPHIBOLE. Page and Zientak, (U.S. Geol. Survey
Journal (volume)
(Lahti 1974) suggest that the garnets are either almandine or spessartine . The composition of the garnets...which w ere the last to crystallize, whereas almandine favours the margins of the deposi ts. 37 Pink...23 Not determined 1. Bertrandite, Kolsva, Västmanland, Sweden (Märtensson 1960). 2. Bertrandite, Zabai...Fransolet 1974-1975), Germany (Strunz 1974) and in Sweden (Que nseI 1955) . In Finland, complex pegmatites...(Strunz 1974) . Likewise the Varuträsk pegmatite (Sweden), whieh resembles the Vii tan iemi pegmatite in
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12E SO ........ 93 Der Pegmatil-Steinbruch von Kolsva .................................................Manganfayalit­ Ki:irner und kleine rote Granate (Mn-Almandine) zu erkennen; ■ ■ (34) BB EDSJO NAS lJND ANDERE...immer seltener. (66) DER PEGMATIT-STEI NBRUCH VON KOLSVA grauem und weiBem Quarz; klein- und mittelkorniger...gefunden ■ LAGE UND ZUGANG Etwa 3½ km SSW von Kolsva Bruk (1 2 km NNW Koping an der R 250) liegt sudostlich...schwedische Feldspat­ Steinbruch Kolsva (660555/1 50095). Vom Ort Kolsva aus erreicht man ihn uber die befestigte
Catalog/List
Riddarhyttan,Sweden) lx1 £ 1 . 1 0 218ALMANDINE with Omphacite. 1 to 2 no red Almandine i n Eclogite...orange mass. (Tushar Mts. near Marysville Pilute County, Utah USA) lx1 £1.60 014 ALURGITE.variety of Muscovite...g h t l y crystalline i n matrix. (Mullaghderg County Donegal I r e l a n d ) lx1 £ 1 l x 2 £2 022ANGLESITE... rich fawn massive.(Sjogruvan Mine, Grythyttan Sweden).Looks rarer but i s only a dolomite.lxl £1.50...fawn sheaves in s i l v e r y schist.(Kopparberg Sweden) l x 2 70p 2 x 2 £1.40 2x4 £2.60 024 ANTIMONY
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crystal forms of the seven crysta l systems 22 almandine tetrahedrite Fig. 14 Miller's indices and their...(crystals up to 20 cm) (Czechoslovakia), Sala (Sweden), (Romania), Zapokrovsk, Smirnovsk, Darasun (USSR)...Nizna Slana (Czechoslovakia }, Sala and Boliden (Sweden), Nagolnyi, Kriash and Nertschinsk (USSR), Trepca...Au tellurides • Occurrence: rare; Falun-Ko Mine (Sweden) - weibullite variety, Rammelsberg (FRG), Vulcano...and Clausthal (FRG), Tilkerode (GDR), Skrikerum (Sweden), Predborice, Petrovice and Bukov (Czechoslovakia)
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of the seven crystal systems 22 aragonite almandine tourmaline tetrahedrite | Fig. 14 Miller’s...(crystals up to 20 cm) (Czechoslovakia), Sala (Sweden), (Romania), Zapokrovsk, Smirnovsk, Darasun (USSR)...Nizna Slana (Czechoslovakia), Sala and Boliden (Sweden), Nagolnyi, Kriash and Nertschinsk (USSR), Trepéa...Au tellurides e Occurrence: rare; Falun-Ko Mine (Sweden) — weibullite variety, Rammelsberg (FRG), Vulcano...and Clausthal (FRG), Tilkerode (GDR), Skrikerum (Sweden), Piedbofice, (Czechoslovakia), Sierra de Cacheuta
 
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