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Augite from
Flekkeren, Skien, Telemark, Norway


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Augite
Formula:(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Augite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Flekkeren, Skien, Telemark, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:420702
Long-form Identifier:1:3:420702:3
GUID (UUID V4):dc057263-c08e-411e-a309-f5e09dc2b732
Nearest other occurrences of Augite
16.2km (10.1 miles) Porphyritic syenite outcrops, Lake Mykle, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
44.2km (27.5 miles) Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway
51.0km (31.7 miles) Nordre Kleivan, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
51.2km (31.8 miles) Larvik town, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
51.6km (32.1 miles) Tvillingbru, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
68.8km (42.8 miles) Hiåsen, Risør, Agder, Norway
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Minerals of Norway - the (almost) complete inventory Gunnar Raade Preamble A monographic survey of the...the minerals of Norway (Norges Mineraler) was published by Neumann (1985), covering all minerals recorded...and synonyms. A large number of minerals new to Norway have been recorded since the book appeared. The...attempt to list all accepted mineral species from Norway, including those from Neumann (1985) and later...& Nickel 2001). Names of minerals discovered in Norway after the edition of Neumann's monograph are in
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N-0316 Oslo, Norway '?TheNorwegian Petroleum Directorate,PO Box 600, 4001 Stavanger,Norway rMineralogical-Geological...rMineralogical-Geological Museum,Sars9t.1, N-0562 Oslo, Norway Ansrnact Shallow-level plutons causedextensivecontact... Frcunn 1. Simplified geological maps of the Flekkeren area (left; Dahlgren 1998) and the Southern margin...observedmineralsin limestonesand calc-silicaterocks from Flekkeren Petrograficstatus Name ab ao ak al an ap au oa...andradite akermanite alabandite anorthite apatite augite (fassaite) baddeleyite baghdadite britholite calsite
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the adjacent Lovozero intrusion, Lake Flekkeren area in Norway, Coyote Peak in California, Point of Rocks...of rasvumite from Mont Saint-Hilaire. aegirine-augite zoned to aegirine, villiaumite, intergrowths of...that commonly exhibit an acicular habit (aegirine-augite, pectolite and rasvumite) here form nearly equidimensional...equidimensional crystals, and the aegirine-augite is devoid of sector zoning so typical of clinopyroxenes...Wittington, C.S., Park, Y.-R. (1999): Sector-zoned augite megacrysts in the Aleutian high alumina basalts:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
coexisting with cuspidine in melilite skarns from Flekkeren, Oslo Rift, (Jamtveit et al., 1997). The general...main silicate phases in carbonatites are aegirine, augite– aegirine, biotite/phlogopite, alkali feldspar...is formed over diopside or phlogopite. Aegirine augite and aegirine of the original carbonatite are transformed...of calcareous rocks from the Oslo Rift, Southern Norway. Am. Mineral. 82, 1241–1254. Javoy, M., Stillman
 
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