| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Berborite |
| Formula: | Be2(BO3)(OH,F) · H2O |
| Comments: | Berborite-1T and-2 T occurs as crystals up to 5mm. The 2 polytypes occures often in intergrown groups. Pedial faces are often shining but other faces may be somewhat dull and frosty. |
| Habit: | Berborite-1 T: trigonal pyramids; trigonal prisms. Berborite-2T: pedion, hexagonal pyramid modified with a trigonal pyramid |
| Colour: | colorless transparent |
| Quality for species: | Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Berborite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Saga 2 Quarry, Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 467133 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:467133:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c51a951b-5ba7-4696-9364-2607a1de8cdb |
| Nearest other occurrences of Berborite |
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| 0.2km (0.1 miles) | ⓘSaga 1 Quarry, Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway |
| 0.4km (0.2 miles) | ⓘSagåsen Quarry, Sagåsen, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway |
| 0.9km (0.6 miles) | ⓘTorbjørnsås Quarry, Auenlandet, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway |
| 1.1km (0.7 miles) | ⓘJohs Nilsens Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 1.5km (0.9 miles) | ⓘA/S Granit Quarry, Tuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 1.8km (1.1 miles) | ⓘTuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 2.0km (1.2 miles) | ⓘHeia Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 2.1km (1.3 miles) | ⓘBjørndalen Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 7.0km (4.4 miles) | ⓘE18 roadcuts, Malerød, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| 19.3km (12.0 miles) | ⓘSkallist Quarry, Klåstad, Tjølling, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway |
| References |
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Giuseppetti, G., Mazzi, F., Tadini, C., Larsen, Alf Olav, Åsheim, Arne, Raade, Gunnar (1990) Berborite polytypes. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 153. Schweizerbart. 101-116 |
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