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Fluorite from
Tofte, Hurum, Asker, Viken, Norway


Locality type:Village
Classification
Species:Fluorite
Formula:CaF2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz4 photos of Fluorite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Smoky Quartz2 photos of Fluorite associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroup1 photo of Fluorite associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Calcite1 photo of Fluorite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tofte, Hurum, Asker, Viken, Norway
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:677742
Long-form Identifier:1:3:677742:5
GUID (UUID V4):0e89f1e2-3ffb-48b4-a2bf-c7decd89afdb
Localities for Fluorite in this Region
Tofte Water Tunnel, Tofte, Hurum, Asker, Viken, Norway
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorite
4.8km (3.0 miles) Fuglemyr, Hurum, Asker, Viken, Norway
5.6km (3.5 miles) Torstvet (Torstvedt), Hurum, Asker, Viken, Norway
10.1km (6.3 miles) Berger School, Berger, Svelvik, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
12.5km (7.7 miles) Oslofjord Tunnel, Hurum, Asker, Viken, Norway
13.0km (8.1 miles) Blindevann, Sande, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
14.3km (8.9 miles) Juve Quarry, Svelvik, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
14.4km (9.0 miles) Selvigstranda Prospect, Hurum, Asker, Viken, Norway
14.7km (9.1 miles) Sando Quarry, Sande, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
15.4km (9.6 miles) Brekke Tunnel, Helland, Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
15.5km (9.6 miles) Sætre, Hurum, Asker, Viken, Norway
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
south-westem limb between Duluth and Tofte and a northeastern limb between Tofte and Grand Portage (Fig. 1). In... found at Tofte, strike almost parallel to the shoreline and dip 12"SE. Northeast of Tofte, older flows...regional scale from exposed flows between Duluth and Tofte through the stratigraphic range (Fig. 1). Sampling...thomsonite-scolecite-smectite (top of sequence, near Tofte); (2) heulandite-stilbite-smectite; (3) laumontitechlorite-albite;...calcite in intercalated sediments, as well as fluorite, datolite and corroded garnet of andraditic composition
Journal (issue)
early Proterozoic albite felsite in Finnmark, North Norway. Mineralogical Magazine 52: 400-402 Raade, G. &...Abstract and Proceedings of the Geological Society of Norway Selbekk, R. S. 2010. Norges mineraler. Tapir forlag...Scmineralization in the Fen peralkaline complex, Southern Norway. Economic Geology 72: 855-859 8 STEIN 2-2012...krystaller. Beskrivelsen er ikke publisert. BUSKERUD Hurum Sætre: Noen fine, blekblå singelkrystaller av akvamarin...akvamarinkrystaller opptil 1,2 cm med fin blåfarve. Tofte: Kuleformet fluoritt på kvarts med brun stilbitt
Journal (volume)
two tourmalines from Høydalen, Tørdal, Telemark, Norway 21 Alf Olav Larsen, Radek Škoda & Arne Åsheim... Telemark, Norway 33 Tomas Husdal & Uwe Kolitsch Behoite from Høgtuva, Nordland, Norway 39 Jörgen...minerals from the Kongsberg Silver Deposit, Buskerud, Norway 53 Lars Roger Størseth Kompleks sulfidmineralisering...Universitet i Oslo, Postboks 1172 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway (a.b.mueller@nhm.uio.no) 2 Natural History Museum...Universitet i Oslo, Postboks 1172 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway (a.b.mueller@nhm.uio.no) 2 Natural History Museum
Book (edition)
Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4. Fluorite 9. 5. Apatite B). interesting to note that...PHENACITE SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE...Borax — Gypsum: Grand — — Hackmcnite: — Dome, Fluorite: Castle blue pale blue Fluoroapatite: Strafford...Hardin County Agate (in Mississippi River gravels Fluorite Petrified wood (in Mississippi River gravels)...(Bennett Mine) Locations 81 Chrysoberyl Quartz Norway, Oxford County crystals Chrysoberyl Denmark
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
weight %) of fluorine, suggesting the presence of fluorite (Nachon et al., 2016; Forni et al., 2015a,b, 2016)...Earth include quartz, carbonates, sulfates, and fluorite, and often exhibit elongate blocky crystal morphologies...beyond Pahrump Hills. Vein targets include: (a) “Tofte,” imaged on Sol 2083, exhibits a finely laminated
Book
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Talc (softest) Gypsum Calcite Fluorite Apatite 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Feldspar Quartz Topaz...mark calcite. A knife blade will make a mark on fluorite and apatite, and a topaz will scratch feldspar...garnet is eight-sided, but may have many shapes. Fluorite is a cube, and hematite often is found in perfect...Warsaw quartz, agate, jasper Hardin Rosiclare fluorite Henry Bishop Hill agate Brown Lick Creek...Mount Mica, Paris Mount Pleasant Newry Township Norway Township Peru, Speckled Mountain Ragged Jack Mountain
Book
Cassiterite tin (tin dioxide) with beak. 5 Fluorite penetration twin, YvT V / v> / -f repeated twin...bromargyrlte — lodyrite — Fluorides CLASS fluorite. cryolite 5 — Oxides cassiterlte, chrysoberyl...tourmaline Madagascar zircon green spodumene kunzite fluorite variscite rhodochrosite malachite sphalerite...face has no axis or center. Salt, galena, and fluorite belong to the isometric system, the most symmetrical...dodecahedral (twelvemore complex forms. Galena and fluorite often show small octahedral faces on the corners
Book
4 Cassiterite (tin dioxide) wi th tin beak. 5 Fluorite penetration twin, Cumberland, England. 5 The...Brom1des-bromargyr1te lod 1des-1odyrite Fluorides-fluorite cryolIte CLASS 5 Ox1des-cass1tente chrysoberyl...amblydon11e 33 Persian turquoise 34 apatite 35 fluorite 36 vansc1te 37 rhodochros Ite 38 malach11e 39...human face has no axis or center Salt galena and fluorite belong to the Isometnc system the most symmetrical...(twelves,ded) or more complex forms. Galena and fluorite often show small octahedral faces on the corners
Book (edition)
length and at right angles to one another. Cubic fluorite, octahedral diamond, and trisoctahedral garnet...flame will color the flame How to identify Fluorite (calcium fluoride) gem minerals / when heated...by a copper mineral. FLUORITE Illinois, crystals Although soft, fluorite and even faceted. is SNOWFLAKE... Conn. — orange; Broken Australia — amazonite fluorite: Castle Dome, Ariz. — blue — 3,650 an; Clay Center...miles. San Juan County rhodonite: On dump on in fluorite mine. Sedalia, Head, Echo Canyon junction
Report (issue)
feet; and those in Minnesota, between Duluth and Tofte, about 25,000 feet. The immense volume of lava represented...available at Kabenung Lake. Epidote is associated with fluorite and quartz in veins in granite along high way...sions from l/? inch to 6 inches. Fluorite Excellent specimens of fluorite, occurring as small cubic crystals
Book (edition)
Gypsum 7. Quartz 3. Calcite 8. Topaz 4. Fluorite 9. Corundum 5. Apatite 1. 10. Diamond ...length and at right angles to one another. Cubic fluorite, octahedral diamond, and trapezohedral garnet...in the same system, takes a barrel-like shape; fluorite is almost always a cube, while diamond is more... CHRYSOBERYL (sixling) CORUNDUM DIAMOND CRYSTALS FLUORITE VV LAZULITE PERIDOT PHENACITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS...and held in a flame will color the flame blue. Fluorite (calcium fluoride) when heated in a glass tube
Report (issue)
of localities which suggest later intrusions. A fluorite-bearing red granite of medium-grained texture... smoky, amethystine, and rock crystal quartz, fluorite and granular masses of yellowish sericite. The...brief description of the fluorite-bearing granite and concluded that the fluorite probably was introduced...include allanite (?), apatite, carbonates, epidote, fluorite, garnet. hematite and limonite, leucoxene, magnetite...total thickness of the flows between Duluth and Tofte. 4 miles northeast of Schroeder (PI. 1), at more
Book (volume)
fortification (Lake Superior var.). Thomsonite. (2) 9. Tofte area: at Two Islands Beach. Agate, fortification...SR-72; at the Einstein Silver Mine. Arsenopyrite. Fluorite. Pyrite. Quartz, rock. Silver. Sphalerite. (2)...numerous mines in the Black Hills National Forest. Fluorite. Gold. (2) aa & Nn 5 m™m >. Thninpson Na...79, 80, 85, 87, 90, 91, 97, 166, 363, 438, 440 Fluorite, 567 Fossil algae, 170, 171, Corundum, 28, 48
Report (edition)
lllany miles now is cOlllparatively level, but at Tofte we find a prominent landmark in Carlton Peak. This...geology of the area aro ll nd Carl ton Peak near Tofte, Cook County. 218 NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA sisted...the lake and is covered with a stand of virgin Norway pines. This long ridge, known as Chase Point, is...perthite, plagioclase series, valencianite Flint Fluorite -Y.-Fuchsite. a mica ~-Galena Garnet group: almandite
Report (edition)
for many miles now is comparatively level, but at Tofte we find a prominent landmark in Carlton Peak. This...the geology of the area around Carlton P eak near Tofte, Cook County. 218 NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA sisted...the lake and is covered with a stand of virgin Norway pines. This long ridge, knO\vn as Chase Point,...perthite, plagioclase series, valencianite Flint Fluorite *Fuchsite, a mica *Galena Garnet group: almandite
Report (issue)
02 100.12 2.699 100.26 '2.719 1. Carlton Peak. Tofte. Cook COUllty. American Geologist. 26: 281 (1900)...perthite, plagioclase series, yalencianite Flint Fluorite * Fuchsite. a Iniea "Galena Garnet group: almandite
Book
is as shown melodious lines from “The Richard Tofte in by wan- by the Fruits 1615: 107 tokens...families far from would take color. gather about Norway, superstitious were oftener, on xi. up a... applied to To enough certain luminous of fluorite, variety phosphorescent quite substituted...Archbishop of of serfs and serfdom Patron of Norway. in Myra of Lycia, patron August June27....252 St., 162-167, 192 Book 250 of, 243, 61 Tofte, Richard, Tohargar, angel of August, 247 Topaz
Report (volume)
EUROPE: Finland Germany Great Britain Greece Italy Norway Portugal Russia Serbia Spain Sweden . AUSTRALASIA:...cxviii PAGE PAGE Aamdals Kobberverk, A. S. S. Norway 1811 Abangarez Gold Fields of Costa Rica, Costa...Alta-Utah Mines Co., Utah 1384 Aliens Kohbergruber, Norway. ... 1811 Altezuma Gold M. & M., Colo.... 498 Alto...Mining Co., B. C 1545 Dunderland Iron Ore Co., Ltd., Norway 1811 Dunkin Mng. Co., Colo 525 Dunlap Copper Mine... Ltd., Federal Mng. & Sm. Co.. Okla. . . .1280 Norway 1811 Federal Syn. Copper Co.. Mich.. 785 Ford Divide
Report (volume)
MINING COMPANIES PAGE Aamdals Kobberverk, A. S., Norway . 2057 Abangarez Gold Fields of Costa Rico, C....Alta Utah Mines Co.. Utah Altens Kobbergruber. Norway. . .2057 Altezuma Gold M. & M. Co.. 5sO Colo 1130...Colo 598 Flume Gold Dredg. Co., Alaskal49-170 Fluorite Mines Co., Utah 1521 Fluorspar Prod. Co., Colo...Co.. Okla 985 Foldal Copper & Sulphur Co., Ltd.. Norway 2057-213? Folev-O'BHen. Ltd.. Ont 1796 Ford Divide...Mng. Co., Ont. .. 1834 Norton Mng. Co., Que 1859 Norway, Mines of 2057 Nourse Mines, Ltd., Transvaal 2224
Journal (volume)
arsenopyrite, bis- muthinite, ealaverite, cobaltite, fluorite, kalgoorlite, molybdenite, muscovite, orthoclase...account is given of a mine-dam in the Curry mine at Norway, Michigan, which sustains a pressure of 277 lb...corporation, recently formed In Chicago. Mrs. Anna Tofte, one of the principal owners In the mines, is In...engineer to the 5 10 15 1 tVi South Africa and Norway, has returned to California. C. .3 21. £. 8...having produced, in nas, on the western coast of Norway, a fairly large round numbers, 500,000 tons of
Journal (volume)
stains thought by some to be copper are really fluorite , a gangue mineral well known at Cripple Creek...the extremely barren appearance of the quartz. Fluorite was noted in the slides. The silver is thought...wall rock , cemented with quartz, calcite and fluorite, containing gold and silver together with a little...for a distance of 400 feet to the south , H. S. Tofte and J. C. The Atlas mill is running continuously...which we had shipped to our branch es in Sweden , Norway and Denmark. The cargoes are valued at $ 15,000
Journal (volume)
would gou follow encourage mining operations? j^tOfte, , My many in order mineivs to sell theii-...visiting mining districts in this country, and Norway, spent several days in Utah. Alan M. BaK^nian...the 170G-ft. level is ft. The ore also conand fluorite. The shipping point is Klondyke on the Tonopah
 
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