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Palygorskite from
Breigangen Mine, Fossum Iron Mines, Skien, Telemark, Norway


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Palygorskite
Formula:◻Al2Mg22Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · 4H2O
Comments:Described as asbest(Berglæder) by Scheerer (1845)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Palygorskite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Breigangen Mine, Fossum Iron Mines, Skien, Telemark, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:469711
Long-form Identifier:1:3:469711:4
GUID (UUID V4):0bb7d504-4d44-4133-ac4c-1d01756ddf17
Nearest other occurrences of Palygorskite
1.6km (1.0 miles) Fossum Iron Mines, Skien, Telemark, Norway
21.7km (13.5 miles) Dalen-Kjørholt Mine, Brevik, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway
29.1km (18.1 miles) A/S Granit Quarry, Tuften, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
40.3km (25.0 miles) Valberg Quarry, Valberg, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway
41.1km (25.6 miles) Fikkjebakke, Sannidal, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway
62.2km (38.6 miles) Moland Industrial Site, Akland, Risør, Agder, Norway
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Stuttgart, April 2002 Ilvaite from the Oslo Graben, Norway A. O. Larsen, Porsgrunn, and S. Dahlgren, Tønsberg...Dahlgren, S. (2002): Ilvaite from the Oslo Graben, Norway. – N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 2002 (4): 169 –181; Stuttgart...southwestern flank of the Late Paleozoic Oslo Graben, Norway. The mineral occurs in hydrothermal quartz – magnetite...Oslo Graben, Norway. Introduction Ilvaite (formerly lievrite) is a mixed-valence iron silicate with...the old descriptions of the Fossum iron ore deposits near Skien, Norway (Møller 1828, Scheerer 1845)
 
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