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Diopside from
Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Diopside
Formula:CaMgSi2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz24 photos of Diopside associated with Quartz at this locality.
Hematite14 photos of Diopside associated with Hematite at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroup13 photos of Diopside associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Calcite2 photos of Diopside associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Diopside data
Locality Data:Click here to view Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Photo GalleryView Gallery (12 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:212778
Long-form Identifier:1:3:212778:1
GUID (UUID V4):259b1df9-391c-42e6-94e9-473af0728889
Localities for Diopside in this Region
Koskullskulle mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Selet mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Nearest other occurrences of Diopside
1.6km (1.0 miles) Selet mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
1.9km (1.2 miles) Koskullskulle mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
50.6km (31.4 miles) Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
51.6km (32.0 miles) Gruvberget, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
70.2km (43.6 miles) Altavaara Deposit, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
74.3km (46.2 miles) Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town Mining District, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden
87.4km (54.3 miles) Norvijaure, Jokkmokk, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (chapter)
magmatism, sedimentation and mineralization in the Norrbotten and Överkalix lithotectonic units, Svecokarelian...WEIHED2‡ 1 Geological Survey of Sweden, Box 670, SE-751 28 Uppsala, Sweden 2 Division of Geosciences and...Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden ‡ Pro Vice-Chancellor, Luleå University of Technology...bergman@sgu.se Abstract: Two lithotectonic units (the Norrbotten and Överkalix units) occur inside the Paleoproterozoic...0–1.8 Ga) Svecokarelian orogen in northernmost Sweden. Archean (2.8–2.6 Ga and possibly older) basement
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oulu, SF-905 S-971 87 Luleii, 70 Oulu, Finland Sweden Received 19 October 1995; accepted 29 August 1996...kilometres in northern Fennoscandia, comprising northern Sweden, northern Finland and adjacent parts of Norway...from western Sweden to eastern Finland, with occurrences in Norway and Russia. In Sweden, tourmaline ... Cu-(Au) sulphide ore. Norway: (1) Bidjovagge. Sweden: (2) Kopparisen, (3) Sjangeli, (5) Tjavelk, (10)...Zn-Pb sulphide ore. Sweden: (7) Huomaisenvuoma, (16) Kurkkionvaara. Fe oxide ore. Sweden: (6) Kevus, Teltaja
Journal (volume)
Survey of Finland Bulletin 306 The ore deposits of Sweden by Rudyard Frietsch Geologinen tutkimuslaitos...Survey of Finland, Bulletin 306 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF SWEDEN by RUDYARD FRIETS CH with one figure in the text...ESPOO 1980 Frietsch, R. 1980. The ore deposits of Sweden. Geological SlIrvey Bulletin 306. 20 pages and...figure. 0/ Finland, The metallogenie provinces of Sweden are reviewed. The Precambrian deposits include...the iron, sulphide and tungsten ores of Central Sweden, the sulphide ores of the Skellefte district, the
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rakovajf@miamioh.edu Fluorapatite Acushnet Quarry Bristol County, Massachusetts N orth America has produced some...as the J. Keating Company stone quarry), Bristol County, Massachusetts. Rather than a granite pegmatite...chlorite, 11.5 cm tall, Acushnet quarry, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Maine Mineral and Gem Museum specimen...quarry, and Old Bluestone quarry), Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts (fig. 2). I drove to the north side...chlorite, 7.1 × 5.0 × 3.5 cm, Acushnet quarry, Bristol County, Massachusetts, the number two apatite from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Prospektering, Box5801, Linndgatan5, 102 48 Stockholm,Sweden Abstract In the Kiruna-typeiron ores,apatitehasbeen...phosphoruscontentsare often found. In northern Sweden,there is alsoapatite enrichmentin the ores and...Kiruna-typeoresof ironores).In somesections northern Sweden and the massive sulfide ores of also in the wall...(Kiirunavaara)to 2 to 3 mm in more highly metadeposits(Malmberget).The ratio of apaThe classicdescriptionof magmatic-intrusive...ore. Phosphorus in Kiruna-TypeOres of Northern Sweden The principalphosphorus mineralis apatite.In general
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
The Malmberget iron mine, Sweden A world class mineral locality Peter Lyckberg Abstract The Malmberget...Malmberget iron mine near Gallivare, Lappland, Sweden has produced a series of well crystallised, interesting...in making Malmberget a world renowned locality among connoiseurs. Geology Northern Sweden has several...deposits at Kiruna (Luossavaara-Kirunavaara), Malmberget and Svappavaara. The ore at Kiruna is a huge...exceptional beauty and rarity. What makes the Malmberget deposit exceptional as a deposit of well crystallised
Journal (issue)
Joe Cilen's collection from Goodsprings, Clark County. Nevada labelled as heterogenite which is well...reported occurre nce in Quartzburg District, Grand County , Oregon. The heteroge nite is not present on the...:walder Mine, Raston Buttes District. Huerfago County. Col o rado labelled as uraninite. The Schwartzwalder...eastern part of Clark Mountain. San Bernardino County, CA. Whil e beudantite is known from this locality...East rim of Upper Lost Parks, Elk Ridge, San Juan County, Utah labelled as autunite. The uranophane-beta
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatic Zone/Canada (Mumin et al. 2010), Kiruna– Gällivare area (Williams 2010b)], whereas in other areas...formed from the Early Proterozoic [e.g., Kiruna, Malmberget, Grängesberg (Frietsch and Perdahl 1995; Williams...(Cliff and Rickard 1992; Romer et al. 1994) and Malmberget (Romer 1996). Apatite associated with Kiruna-type...phosphate ore deposits. Apatitites consist of apatite, diopside and/or actinolite, REE minerals, and late calcite–...collected from a stratabound replacement actinolite–diopside–garnet±magnetite-bearing layer at iron orebody
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oxide-Apatite Mineralization in the Kiruna District, Norrbotten, Sweden* Anne Westhues,1,† John M. Hanchar,1 Martin...Museum of Natural History, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources...Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden Abstract High spatial resolution zircon U-Pb geochronological...are economically important in the Norrbotten region of northern Sweden (e.g., Bergman et al., 2001). Several...2014). About 40 IOA deposits are known in the Norrbotten region, having average Fe and P contents of 30
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Economic Geology~ University of Lule&, Sweden 2 Statoil, Stavanger, Norway Chemical analysis...ores from the two m a i n ore d i s t r i c t s of Sweden, the B e r g s l a g e n and the N o r r b o t...r a l s and apatite, there also exists quartz Norrbotten and skarn m i n e r a l s of w h i c h actinolite...t i o n of the quartz b a n d e d Fig.l. Map of Sweden showing the locairon ores in some respects r e...r i s e d e s s e n t i a l l y of andradite, diopside and actinolite. V a r y i n g amounts of d o l
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Rise, Atlantic Ocean, 60(2): 243 selfdiffusion, diopside, 6012 I ) : 4095 selfdiffusion, haplobasaltic...16): 3139 U, bone, archaeological, 60( 12): 2139 Diopside Ca, selfdiffusion, 60( 2 I ) : 4095 Dissolution...marine sediment, Peru Margin, 60( 15): 2777 Malmberget, Sweden, iron ore, 60( I I ): 1951 enthalpy, mixing...Lead, isotope composition apatite, iron ore, Malmberget, Sweden, 6O(ll): 1957 basalt, Matiana trough, 60(...Brazil, 60(24): 5063 monazite, iron ore, Malmberget, Sweden, 6O(ll): 1955 olivine, 60(21): 4243 ore,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Bross Ave., Longmont, Colo. Globe, in southern Gila County, is in S/'E Arizona. FLORIDA—"I am sending some...chalcedony—almost an agate ! Lakeland, in N / W Polk County, is in central Florida. GEORGIA — "The enclosed...Ro.r.e, Ga. Summerville is in centra! Chattooga County in N / W Georgia. MAINE — A few months ago David...flesh-colored feldspar. Blue Hill, in S/W Hancock County, is in southern Maine. MINNESOTA—"This is not a...northernmost tip of the Mesabi Range, St. Louis County, Minn. I haven't learned the names of the mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu Diopside MERELANI, ARUSHA REGION, TANZANIA Most silicates... and, for pyroxenes, diopside is an exception (spodumene is another). Diopside crystals are monoclinic...point group 2/m; hence it is a clinopyroxene. Diopside crystals are commonly prismatic with a square...as simple and multiple twins on {100} or {010}. Diopside displays parting on {100} and possibly on {010}...attributed to planar exsolution lamellae (Nesse 2012)]. Diopside has a hardness of 5.5–6.5 and a specific gravity
Book (volume)
other three, are arranged from north to south. For Sweden, a general summary of the metallogeny of that country...the one that contains the iron ores of central Sweden in which the numerous ore bodies are of a few 5...deposits in the province of Norrbotten, Aitik, Laisvall, and Kiruna-Gällivare, that are not in any way genetically...countries: Ireland England Scotland 3 7 1 Wales Norway Sweden 1 7 17 Finland Poland USSR 12 2 30. These 80...and by the Directors of the Geological Surveys of Sweden and Norway. Stanislaw Dzujynsiki and Marie Sass-Gustkiewicz
Conference Proceedings (Volume)
Biennial SGA Meeting 12–15 AUGUST 2013, UPPSALA, SWEDEN Mineral deposit research for a high-tech world...Biennial SGA Meeting 12–15 AUGUST 2013, UPPSALA, SWEDEN Mineral deposit research for a high-tech world...Meeting was organised by the Geological Survey of Sweden with assistance from Uppsala University, Stockholm...Biennial SGA Meeting, 12–15 August 2013, Uppsala, Sweden. ISBN 978-91-7403-207-9. 1882 pp. Suggested citation...Biennial SGA Meeting, 12–15 August 2013, Uppsala, Sweden, ISBN 978-91-7403-207-9, 1450–1452. This publication
Journal (volume)
Per Geijer, director of the Geological Survey of Sweden and to stategeologist, Doctor Olof H. Ödman who...part in the geological investigations in North Sweden. Furthermore, Prof. Geijer permissed to use the...was formed in Finland the geological study in . Sweden was very intensive. In the iron-bearing region...tectonical studies the Karelidie folding cycle in N. Sweden. It has not been possible, however, to connect...mapping was also started by the Geological Survey of Sweden. The results of these investigations, too, are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden LGCA, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, Maison...Natural History, Stockholm, Box 50007, SE-10405, Sweden d University of Liège Bat. B20, B-4000 Sart Tilman...large parts of Finland, NW Russia, Norway, and Sweden (Fig. 1). The oldest rocks yet found in the shield...Reviews 27 (2005) 273–322 275 o 21 E Inari Norrbotten craton ge ni c be lt BMS B oro PC Skellefte...(Wasström, 1993), south of the Skellefte District in Sweden, and the 1.92 Ga primitive island arc rocks in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
XXX. Ueber den grünen Apatit von Malmberget in Schweden. Von K . Z i m á n y i in Budapest 1 ). (Hierzu...nordöstlich von Gellivara in den Bergcolonien Malmberget und Koskullskulle. An beiden Orten besuchte ich...8/6/15 6:40 AM lieber den grünen Apatit von Malmberget in Schweden. 507 alle abgebrochen; entweder...können als Beispiele dienen die Turmaline 4 ), Diopside 5 ), Berylle 6 ), Korunde 7 ), Quarze 8 ) und...8/6/15 6:40 AM L'eber den grünen Apatit von Malmberget in Schweden. 513 wurden benutzt, die übrigen
Corporate Document
Rantasalmi 4. SWEDEN 4.1 Aitik 4.2 Pahtohavare 4.3 Björkdal 4.4 Åkerberg 4.5 Nautanen, Gällivare 4.6 Jälketkurkkio...described in this paper. In addition, some samples from Sweden, Czech Republic, Russian Far East, Ukraine, and...cratons in the northeast and collision of the Norrbotten and Karelian cratons in the west. This resulted...orebodies (ironstone) and skarn-like units of diopside-hornblende rock in the Kolari area of the westernmost...of sulphides at 1-5%. Gangue chiefly comprises diopside and hornblende with minor tremolite-actinolite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consists of breccias and replacements of pyroxene (diopside-hedenbergite solid solution with 10%-30% aegerine...after the Kirunavaara and nearby ores of northern Sweden. More recently these deposits have been compared...calcites include French Creek, Pennsylvania; Malmberget, Sweden; and La Perla, Chihuahua. Minerals of Cerro...variable mix- ture of diopside, hedenbergite, and aegerine (Foshag 1929) (see diopside below). Barite, BaSO...as coatings on fluorapatite crystals, and with diopside in the skarn zone. This calcite commonly contains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which is the major accessory mineral, and apatite, diopside, calcite, quartz, and pyrite occur as modally...groundmass and as veinlets (Fig. 2i). Apatite and diopside are minor accessory phases. Disseminated pyrite... 1452 RODRIGUEZ-MUSTAFA ET AL. deposits (e.g., Malmberget: Lund, 2013; El Laco: Ovalle et al., 2018; El...compositions of sample AQ-19 2. An A factor of 3.54 for diopside (a close analogue to actinolite; Chiba et al....promotes faster diffusion and resetting of δ18O in diopside (a proxy for actinolite) from granulite facies
Journal (issue)
museum quality.” (Szenics, 1967) Spruce Peak, King County, Washington, 1977 Beautiful pyrite and quartz specimens...and FLECK, G. (1980) The Grey Horse mine, Pinal County, Arizona. Mineralogical Record, 11 (4), 231–232...and HAWES, W. (1978) Quartz and pyrite from King County, Washington. Mineralogical Record, 9 (6), 352–353...from the Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Collected December 21, 2008 with...Mica mine (Swanson mine), East Hampton, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Collected December, 1978. I had seen
Journal (volume)
Rudyard: Volcanism and iron ores in the Precambrian of Sweden 25 Gorbunov, G. I.: Association between Precambrian...basis of geostructural areas extending to Finland, Sweden and Norway; these include the Archean folded structures...IN THE PRECAMBRIAN OF SWEDEN Rudyard Frietsch Geological Survey 0/ Sweden, Box 670, 5-75128, Uppsala...results is postponed to a forthcoming publication. Sweden contains a relatively large part of the iron ore...regions, namely central and northern Sweden. The ores of central Sweden, which comprise skarn ores, quartz-banded
Journal (issue)
gems and minerals, "Stenoliteптг publishes in Sweden. It contains articles on geology, mineralogy, fossils...Tingvallavagen 5B S-195 31 Marsta 08- 591 226 40 Sweden. Ј Schmitt. $12 Imperial Court, Hartland, Wisconsin...world market. David Olson, Box 119 Vasterhaninge SWEDEN. Fax +46- 850023216 • F i n e matrix Russian blue...babingtornte (!x1); pyroxenes: aegirin, augite (x1), diopside, enstatite, hedenbergite. Band silicates — actinolite...this district in the end of the 1500x. Yserby, Sweden: * 1800 — gadolinite-(Y); * 1802 — yttrotantalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concerning the abundance of the dominant phase diopside: Rietveld refinements yielded 46 wt% whereas optical/...In: Conf. in Mineral Engineering, Proc., Luleå, Sweden, 8–9 February, 1–16. Larson, A. C. and Von Dreele...to quantify minerals from chemical assays at Malmberget iron ore operations – an important tool for the
 
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