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Amazonite from
Drag, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Microcline var: Amazonite
Formula:K(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Beryl3 photos of Amazonite associated with Beryl at this locality.
Fluorite1 photo of Amazonite associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amazonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Drag, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1580333
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1580333:1
GUID (UUID V4):03a9a871-53ad-47bb-81ef-3cc4b5eb3147
Localities for Amazonite in this Region
Jennyhaugen, Drag, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
Store Grønnhola Quarry, Drag, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
Nearest other occurrences of Amazonite
1.4km (0.9 miles) Store Grønnhola Quarry, Drag, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
1.8km (1.1 miles) Jennyhaugen, Drag, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
30.4km (18.9 miles) Hellemobotn, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
32.3km (20.1 miles) Tennvatn pegmatite, Sørfold, Nordland, Norway
50.0km (31.0 miles) Arneshesten pegmatite, Råna, Ballangen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(1966): Note on powellite (CaMoO4), a new mineral for Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 46, 121122. Raade,...Oslo Region. Contributions to the mineralogy of Norway, No. 39. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 48, 259. Raade...Eiker Church. Contributions to the mineralogy of Norway, No. 40. NorskGeologisk Tidsskrift 49, 227-239...new hydrous basic carbonate of magnesium, from Norway. American Mineralogist 55, 1457-1465. Raade, G...anorthosite. Contributions to the mineralogy of Norway, No. 43. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 50, 241-243
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Nyfunn av mineraler fra Tysfjord-pegmatittene, Nordland Tomas Husdal Naturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet...grunnfjellsgranitt som ligger i nordre del av Nordland i kommunene Tysfjord, Hamarøy, Tjeldsund og Sørfold. Den inneholder...= nyfunn for Tysfjord-pegmatittene Drag Områdebetegnelsen Drag omfatter rundt 20 pegmatittbrudd i et...over bruddene finnes i Husdal (2008). Nyfunn fra Drag er vist i Tabell 6. 43 Aplowitt og rozenitt opptrer...fourmarieritt i sprekk i kvarts, Nedre Eivollen, Drag. Bildebredde 1,1 mm. Foto: OT Ljøstad. Vigezzitt
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Husdal Kommer du kjørende langs E6 nordover gjennom Nordland vil du et stykke nord for Fauske legge merke til...området nord for Fauske, i kommunene Tysfjord, Hamarøy og Sørfold, er en 1,8 milliarder år gammel granitt...vel å merke bare noen få år før forekomstene på Drag ble startet opp, men besøkene til Thorolf Vogt med...Hundholmen. Prøven er 6 cm bred. 14 Drag Området rundt Drag er spesielt rikt på pegmatitter. Mellom...overraskende mineraler, og det er liten tvil om at Drag må ha vært et eldorado for mineralsamlere under
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites within the Tysfjord granite, northern Norway Tomas Husdal Introduction The Tysfjord granite...including well-known collecting sites like Hundholmen, Drag and Tennvatn. Large, well-formed crystals make thalenite-fv)...from the pegmatites makes this one of the areas in Norway richest in different species. This work is presenting...from Fauske to Efjorden in the northern part of Nordland county. It is a foliated pale grey to pale red...evolved pegmatites rich in green microcline ("amazonite"), quartz and platy albite ("cleavelandite ")
Journal (volume)
Nyfunn av mineraler fra Tysfjord-pegmatittene, Nordland 31 Tomas Husdal, Fabrice Dal Bo, Henrik Friis...discoveries from the Larvik Plutonic Complex, southern Norway 47 Harald Oskar Folvik Mineralene fra Skjerpemyr...richterite from the Hydro quarry, Fen complex, Southern Norway: crystallographic data and crystal-chemistry 102...locality at the Kjennerudvann lake, Kongsberg, Norway 110 Roy Kristiansen and Hans Christian Olsen...old, new mineral to Norway 116 Roy Kristiansen Lithium mineralization in Norway: a review 119 Gunnar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
a post-UHP fluid-mediated regime (Tromsø Nappe, Norway). European Journal of Mineralogy 26, 623-634. Burvald...allanite-(Ce) from granitic pegmatite, Fone, Aust-Agder, Norway. Abstract. PEG 2013: The 6th International Symposium...species from the Stetind pegmatite, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical...Abstracts and Proceedings of the Geological Society of Norway 1/2015, 19-20. Folvik, H.O. & Fjellvang, R. (2015):...pegmatite of the Larvik Plutonic Complex, southern Norway. European Journal of Mineralogy 26, 567-576. Garmo
Journal (volume)
beryl from Norway: A case study of beryl and associated phenakite from Nedre Lapplægret, Drag i Tysfjord...Tysfjord, Nordland 27 Alf Olav Larsen, Torfinn Kjærnet, Jan Braly Kihle & Ronald Werner Sillimanite in a...sphaerobertrandite from the Larvik Plutonic Complex, Norway 45 Knut Edvard Larsen og Bjørn Kåre Stensvold...Eclarite from Bleka, Svartdal, Telemark county, Norway 65 Alf Olav Larsen (red.) Bleka grube. Utdrag...Herrebøkasa quarry, Aspedammen, Østfold, Southern Norway: Description and crystal structure. The Canadian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tourmaline-group minerals from Norway, part ll: Occurrences of luinaite-(OH) in Tvedalen, Larvik and... fluor-elbaite and fluor-schorl at Agskardet, Nordland Uwe Kolitsch, Peter Andresen, Tomas Andersen Husdal...crystal chemistry of tourmaline-group members from Norway, occurrences of luinaite-(OH), fluor-schorl and...area (Tvedalen, Larvik, Porsgrunn), in Zstfold, Nordland, Oppland and Telemark. The Langesundsfjord samples...are described, followed by those from Ostfold, Nordland, Oppland and Telemark. Previously, only schorl
Catalog/List
distribution of tiny brown grains in YTTROFLUOftlTE (Drag Norway) 1x1 £2 1x2 £4 298 BISMUTITE Bi CO/3 0 Quite...Si/2 0/7 rare Scandium mineral (Tuftane Iveland Norway) grey to colourless crystal section in Felspar...Albite with Ilmenite and or Magnetite. (Tuftane Evje Norway) lxl to lx 54 only 1 crystal £4 226 LOPARITE Ce...obvious grey coatings on Schist. (Bleikvassli, Nordland Norway) lxl £3.00 196 MIMETITE Pb As0/4 Cl good all...IxW £6 1x2 £12 G E M - T Y P E MINERALS Oil AMAZONITE felspar group, ,157 ANDRADITE var. MELANITE GARNET
Catalog/List
distribution of tiny brown grains in YTTROFLUORITE (Drag Norway) lx2ins £3 2x2 £6 218 BISMUTHINITE Bismuth Sulphide...Albite with Ilmenite and or Magnetite. (Tuftane Evje Norway) lxl to lx 54 only 1 crystal £4 229 MELANOCERITE...Si/2 0/7 rare Scandium mineral (Tuftane Iveland Norway) grey to colourless crystal section in Felspar...obvious grey coatings on Schist. (Bleikvassli, Nordland Norway) 1x1 £3.00 . 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3 Cl/2 0/2 :...attractive Eclogite rock from (Nordfjord,.West Norway) • 1x2 £1.30 2x2 £2.70 • 2x4 £6 112 CORUNDUM Al/2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS OF THE TELEMARK AREA IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORWAY V. The Nissedal supracrustal series BY H. RoGER...the Nissedal area of Telemark in south Central Norway. The work is presented as a guide to the petrology...series are a part of the Precambrian of southem Norway and the position of these rocks relative to the...GEOLOGY OF ' ,/_,,-' ""' ' /1' SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY ' /,--; ,' ',/ ' CAMBR.-SILURIAN l AND PERMIAN...KONGSBERC-BAMBLE ROCKS The Geology of South East Norway. (After HoLTEDAHL & DoNs 1%0). THE NISSEDAL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abstract—Pegmatite quartz from different occurrences in Norway and Namibia was investigated by a combination of...for Nb and Ta for Nb-Ta bearing pegmatites from Norway. It may be concluded that the concentrations of...Frikstad Evje-Iveland, Norway Skavdalen Evje-Iveland, Norway Brattekleiv Evje-Iveland, Norway Våanne Evje-Iveland...Evje-Iveland, Norway Steli near Dalane Evje-Iveland, Norway Li Evje-Iveland, Norway Drag Norway Hittero Hitra...Hitra, Norway Rubicon Mine Namibia quartz, feldspar, mica, Nb/Ta, REE, gadolinite, garnet quartz, feldspar
Catalog/List
ALBITE Rich orange-red masses with darker Kragero Norway lx2 S0p Feldspar Hornblende ALLANITE Black areas...:;_;;_;"-'=------- - - - - AMAZONITE Pure green cleavage Landsverlc quarry, Evje, Norway lxl S0p ALAMOSITE ...Ix½ £5 lxl£4 - lxl £10 lx2£10 lx2 £1 r- - • AMAZONITE Felspar Group 16 Ix½ £5 2x2 £1.20 MICROCLINE...pure pale brown cleavages. Ula, near Larvik, South Norway lxl ins .SO lx2 2x2 £2 2x3 £4 Felspar Group £1...lx2ins KNa Fe Mn Ti SiO for this location. Larvik Norway £5 AUGITE Large single black crystal about half
Report (issue)
---_____ Planar structures _ Lineation_ _______ Drag folds _______ Structural deformation Mineral resources...___________________________________________ 26. Drag-folded manganiferous itabirite-________--_____-...Limpa fault. It probably resulted from westward drag of a block south of and adjacent to the Rio Piracicaba...Rio Piracicaba quadrangle. DRAG FOLDS Other minor structures are the drag folds that were produced as...slid over less competent beds during folding. The drag folds are prevalent in the muscovite-quartz schist
Catalog/List
ParkCounty, MICROCLINE .Greencrysta1with I" f4 10 AMAZONITE FcllpSGroap taminationbut not disp Colorado,USA...UONITt PuregTCC11clcavagc Landsvctkquarry,Evjc,Norway lxl SOp fdsplrfVllp Puregrcycleavablc massive Keystone...Yorkshire Richdistributionoftiny browngrainsin Drag Norway YTTROFLUORITE alsoblad::Tourmaline Richred brownmassive...2x2 RichycllowmasseswithPhlogopitc Odcgradcnsvcrk Norway - u.so Goodgreenishycllowmicrocrystalsin cavi1ies... HuaronMine,Ccrrode Pasco Peru Sclasvøtn,Fianc,Norway lxl {1.25 lx2 !3 Lengenbach Quany,Binn Vall~
Catalog/List
£5___ Rich orange-red masses with darker Kragero Norway 1x2 50p 2x2 ALBITE 6 Hornblende____________________...County, Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________...Attractive green with white perthitic Madagascar AMAZONITE 60 2x3inch £5 Feldspar________________ intergrowth...Mica__________ paper available.__________________ Larvik, Norway ___ 2x3 £9 2x2 £6 1x1 £1.50 1x2 £3 18 ANORTHITE...pure pale brown cleavages. Ula, near Larvik, South Norway Ixl ins.50 1x2 £1.20 Felspar Group 2x2 £2 27 ANTHOPHYLLITE
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
but he upped the ante by adding an outcrop of amazonite and smoky quartz crystals 3–4 feet high, molded...mentor should encourage; the best ones shove and drag until the best comes out. So it was with Jack, whose
Journal (issue)
limonite matrix Turquoise Microcline Amazon Stone, Amazonite Incorrect Descriptions : Moonstone or Adularia...Adularia should not be called "Ceylon Opal": Amazonite or Amazon Stone, not " Colorado Jade." Brownish-white...crystal. Another recently discovered deposit at Drag Lake, Dudley township, Haliburton County, Ontario...consists principally of an intimate mixture of gem amazonite albite, and the white, smoky, and rose varieties...quality may some day turn up at this locality. AMAZONITE.—Amazonite is found in the township of Lyndoch, in
Journal (issue)
forest land near Colorado Springs where quartz and amazonite hunters have dug up a storm. However, I would... PICK & PACK Page 4 hoe. The technique is to drag the hoe through the soil wherever you find pieces... Upcoming Field Trips Thu., July 10, Smoky Hawk Amazonite Claim, Meet at the Lake George Ranger Station
Catalog/List
AENIGMATITErich black m~sses in orthoclase. (Buer VE)steroya, Norway) 1x1 c1.60 1x2 E3 2x2 t6.oo 17 396 AGARDITE(ce)...Canada)1x1 i1 1x2 i2 5 ALBITE pure red ma~ses.(Kragero Norway) 1x2 30p 2x2 60p 2x4 t1.40 AMBLYGONITE whi te...eyanular mass with minor Diopside. ~13rasta.d Arendal Norway) 1x1 80p 1x2 i1.60 ANGLESITEdark grey massive (Colour...blue-green cleavable mass.(Norway) 1x2 40p 2x2 80p 2x3 i1.20 pale blue mass 29 402 AMAZONITE(micr'Jcline) wi th...syenite. ½ins chip f.1 1x1 (2.00 56 srnaller (Norway) 57 mass wi th 406 ATJGELITEglassy crystalline
Catalog/List
Albite with Ilmenite and or Magnetite. (Tuftane Evje Norway) 1x1 to lx K only 1 crystal £4 242 KOLBECKITE Scandium...obvious grey coatings on Schist. (Bleikvassli, Nordland Norway) lxl £3.00 I I 300 MURDOCHITE Pb Cu 0 (Cl...1x54 £8 GEM-TYPE Oil AMAZONITE felspar group. pure green cleavages. (Evje Norway) 1x2 £1 1x1 ins 50p 109...variety . (Cu traces) (Ovestebo,Sauland Telemark Norway) pure 5mm £3 Rich in quartz about 1cm area £6 307...in and on Olivine.(Almklovdalen More og Romsdal,Norway) lx2ins £3 2x2ins £6 460 SPODUMENE variety HIDDENITE
Catalog/List
PbSiO/3 County. Arizona. U.S.A 2x2 1x2 sop Kragero Norway Rich orange-red masses with darker 6 ALBITE £L...crystals · - · .County. A:fiZC>i:i--=a=--- 60 AMAZONITE Attractive green \1\ith white pcrthitic Madagascar...paper available. ___ _ _ _ -- - - ·- ·- Larvik, Norway ·-· ·- . __ .. . ----· - ·- - ··- ·-- -- · · Rich...pun: pale brown cleavages. Ula, near Larvik, South Norway Ix I ins .50 I x2 168 ANORTHOCLASE .£1.JQ .. ....BASTNAESITE Rich distribution of tiny brown grains in Drag Norway Ix½ £3 CeLaCO/3 _____ _J.TTROFLUORITEalsoblackTourmalinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
received a grant from The General Science Council of Norway, Oslo (Norges Almenvidenskaplige Forskningsrid)...Neither amazonite nor cleavelandite, so common in other pegmatitized regions (United States, Norway, Sweden)...findings of Andersen (1931) and others from Southern Norway where the majority of the pegmatites occur in am-..."pegmatite" in dolomite marble, Almenningoy, Trondelag, Norway. Photograph, H. R., 1940 5. Extreme pinch-and-swell...relatively small at the narrow portions of the of drag owing to plastic flowage in adjacent incompetent
Catalog/List
Moh ave County, ½ x ½ Arizona, U.S.A £3 Kragero Norway l x2 50p I x½ £5 Ix ! £9 Rich orange-red masses...LUMOHYDROCALCITE Ca Al CO/3 ALUN ITE KAI SO/4 O H AMAZONITE Fe ldspar A l\1BL \'GONITE Li Na Al PO/4 F OH...shaped nodule. Gloserhe ia, Froland, Aren dal, Norway Bastnas Mine Sweden Jx2 £6 2 x2 £1.20 2x2 £1...Larv ik, Norway Ix I £1.50 Ix I £3 l x2 £6 2x2 £ 12 2x3 £8 Ul a, near Larv ik, South Norway 2x2 £2...Brown fibrous mass in feldspar Quite rich Larvik Norway for this location. Thick rich green mass as coating
Catalog/List
rich black masses samewith felspar.(Buer Vesteroya Norway) lxl El.BO lx2 E3.60 006 ALBITE rich orange red...Omphacite.Anattractive Eclogite rock.(West Coast of Norway) lx2 El.20 2x2 f2.50 2x4 E5.00 Oll ALTHAUSITE...solid cleavage in Clinochlore (Overntjern,Modum Norway) lxl E2.70 lx2 E4.60 012 ALUMINITEpure whit~ sphere...distribution of browngrains in grey YTTROFLUORITE.{Drag Norway) lx2 E2.70 2x2 ES.SO 048 BAUX1'rE rich red b101...black masses minor matrix. (Brandsnuten,Botnedal Norway) lxlins fJ lx2 f6 069 BREUNNERITE (FerroanHagnesite)
 
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