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Calciothorite from
Store Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Thorite var: Calciothorite
Formula:(Th,Ca2)SiO4 · 3.5H2O
Comments:When heated up to 1000 celcius grades, the materiale gave a XRD pattern similar to huttonite (Neumann 1985)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Brøgger,W.C.(1890): Die Mineralien der Syenitpegmatitegänge der südnorwegischen Augit- und Nephelinsyenite. Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie und Mineralogie 16,pp. 127-128); Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p 140.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calciothorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Store Arøya, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
 
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