| Minerals |
Exchange-list of microminerals
OT. Ljostad, Elgveien
30, N-2406 Elverum, Norway
Phone: 9599 8557
Updated June 27th, 2014.
X = Single crystals
XX = Groups of crystals
I am especially interested in minerals from alkaline localities.
Some of the
minerals mentioned on my list can be VERY difficult
to get, and I might have one or only a few specimens for exchange.
These minerals are
written in brown. I will
only trade these minerals if you have minerals (preferably
from a Norwegian locality) that
I am especially interested
in.
I try to update my exchange list, but some specimens mentioned on my list
might no longer be available. Please do not send
me any
minerals before you get a respond from me about
the availability of the my specimens.
Tvedalen/Langesundsfjord alkaline area (Larvikite area) in Norway:
Many of the
most interesting and rarest micro-minerals in Norway are found in this area.
|
Ancylite-(Ce) |
Sagasen (Sagåsen) quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. | 0,3 mm, greyish, dipyramidal X and XX with brown, globular masses of monazite-(Ce) and white, globular masses of bastnesite-(Ce) in vuggy matrix. | 037 | |
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Astrophyllite |
Teineholmen Island, the Langesundsfjord, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Aggregates of 1 mm lath-shaped XX in white feldspar. For systematic alcaline-localities collectors. |
065 |
|
| Babingtonite | Himberg Quarry, Ramnes, Re, Vestfold, Norway | 1 mm black X with nice, green epidote XX on matrix. | 66 | |
| Bastnesite-(Ce) | Almenningen (Treschow-Fritzøe) quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. | 0,05 mm, light brown, tetraedric X and brown crusts lining vuggy areas. Black annite X. | 053 | |
| Bastnesite-(Ce) | Sagasen (Sagåsen) quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. | Untypical 0,2 mm, white, balls of bastnesite-(Ce) richly in vuggy matrix with 0,1 mm, brown, globular masses of monazite-(Ce) XX. | 037 | |
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Berborite |
Saga quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
0,5 mm, clear X in vuggy natrolite matrix. |
066 |
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Bertrandite |
Saga I quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
0,5 mm, grey lath-shaped XX in vuggy analcime. |
066 |
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Biotite (annite) |
Almenningen (Treschow-Fritzøe) quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
0,5 1,5 mm black X and XX in matrix. |
064 |
|
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Boehmite |
Saga quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
0,2 - 0,7 mm, greyish XX in vuggy natrolite rock (spreustein). Good quality for the mineral. |
066, 007 |
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| Calcioancylite-(Ce) | Svensken quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. | 0,1 mm, brownish XX in vuggy pegmatite. | 066 | |
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Chamosite |
Svensken quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Up to 0,5 mm dark balls on or in 10 mm clear natrolite X. |
067 |
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Chiavennite |
Vevja quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Tiny, micalike XX in up to 3 mm yellowish to orange balls in vuggy pegmatite. |
067 |
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Chiavennite |
Saga Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold.
|
0,3 mm. nice, yellow balls of micalike XX with other minerals: Grey XX balls of epididymite and metallic molybdenite X. |
065 |
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Chiavennite |
Tuften Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Up to 1 mm orange balls in vuggy matrix. |
021 |
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| Chiavennite | Tuften Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. | Nice, 1 mm grey balls of micalike XX on matrix. | 66 | |
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Diaspore |
Saga quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
Up to 1 mm, nice X and XX on matrix. Gray, blue or green colour. |
067, 066 |
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| Elpidite | Buer, Vesterøya, Sandefjord, Vestfold | 2 mm brownish crystal-fragment in matrix | 021 | |
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Epididymite |
Hedrum quarry, Laagendalen (Lågendalen), Larvik, Vestfold. |
1 3 mm beige balls of XX on matrix. |
064 |
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Epididymite |
Sagasen (Sagåsen), Tvedalen,
Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
Nice specimens with 1 mm, grey, platy XX of epididymite with terminated X and anaclime X. |
066 | |
|
Epididymite |
Vesle Aro (Arø) Island, the Langesundsfjord, Larvik, Vestfold. | Nice specimens with clear 2 - 10 mm prismatic crystals. Often epitactic on the flat crystals faces of eudidymite. | 064 | |
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Epidote |
Fokserod (Fokserød) quarry, Sandefjord, Vestfold. |
1 4 mm green, X and XX on matrix. Often as nice twins. |
065 |
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Eudidymite |
Ostskogen (Østskogen) Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. | 2 mm white balls of tiny XX richly on matrix. Sometimes with natrolite X. Nice specimens. | 064 | |
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Eudidymite |
Vesle Aro (Arø) Island, the Langesundsfjord, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Rich, 4 - 10 mm, clear, platy X and XX, often with epitactic epididymite X. The specimens have been found in the earth on the pegmatite and the crystals are often slightly damaged, but the specimen are still of good quality. |
066 |
|
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Ferrokentbrooksite |
Sagasen (Sagåsen), Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
Brownish, crystalline, massiv in rock. |
063 |
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| Fluorite | Saga quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. | 0,2 mm, lillac XX with acicular natrolite XX. | 037 | |
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Gibbsite |
Saga
quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark.
|
0,5 mm, clear, untypical shaped X and XX in natrolite matrix. Often as swallow-tailed twins. |
063 |
|
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Gonnardite |
Vevja quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
0,5 - 1,5 mm clear XX in vuggy natrolite. Always with natrolite XX, and sometimes with boehmite XX. Good quality for the mineral. |
066 |
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| Hambergite | Norwegian Pearl Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway | Up to 10 mm, clear, prismatic XX in matrix. | 64-2 | |
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Heulandite-Ca |
Roysaas (Røysås) quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
0,1 mm brownish XX richly on matrix. |
064 |
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| Helvite | Almenningen Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold | 1,3 mm brown X on tiny matrix | 064 | |
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Hilairite |
Bratthagen I, Lagendalen (Lågendalen), Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Up to 0,1 mm, beige balls in vuggy pegmatite. |
066 |
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Hilairite |
Malerod Quarry (Malerød Quarry), Vardaasen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Nice, 1,5 mm, brown, rounded aggregates of hilairite XX on matrix. Some specimens with natrolite XX and gonnardite XX. |
066 | |
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Kupletskite |
Lysebo, Sagaasen (Sagåsen), Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Good, fairly sharp, 1 - 3 mm, brown, platy, micalike X in rock. |
067 068 |
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Lorenzenite |
Lysebo, Sagaasen (Sagåsen), Hedrum, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Very nice, 1- 2 mm, light brown, terminated, X in rock. Lysebo is the best locality for lorenzenite in Norway. |
067 068 |
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Monazite-(Ce) |
Sagasen (Sagåsen), Tvedalen,
Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
0,1 mm, brown, globular masses of monazite-(Ce) XX with untypical 0,2 mm, white, balls of bastnesite-(Ce) richly in vuggy matrix. |
066 |
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Monazite-(Ce) |
Vesle Aro (Arø) Island, the Langesundsfjord, Larvik, Vestfold. | 0,5 mm yellow, platy XX in vuggy matrix. | 064 | |
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Natrolite |
Svensken quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
Nice and rich, 3 - 5 mm, often double terminated X and XX. Often as two generations. |
066 |
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Natrolite |
Blue Pearl (Saga Pearl) quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold. |
15 mm, clear, terminated X. |
065 |
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Natrolite |
0,8 mm, clear, sharp, terminated, prismatic X in nice, globular sprays. |
064 |
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Nordstrandite |
Sagasen (Sagåsen) quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
0,5 mm, clear untypical shaped X and XX in natrolite matrix. Often as swallow-tailed twins. |
063 |
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Perrierite |
Buer, Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
3 mm dark, massive in white feldspar. |
065 |
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| Tadzhikite |
Sagasen (Sagåsen), Tvedalen,
Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
0,5 cm, greyish, lamellar masses in matrix. For systematic collectors of rare minerals. |
066 | |
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Thomsonite |
Saga, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark |
2-3 mm, clear, prismatic XX in vuggy matrix. |
066 |
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Tvedalite |
Vevja Quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark |
1 mm grey balls of tvedalite. The tvedalite was originally covered with orange chiavennite, but most of the chiavennite has been removed to show the tvedalite. My specimens was provided by Alf Olav Larsen, the scientist that described the mineral. |
055 |
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Zircone |
Vesle Aro (Arø) Island, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold. |
0,5 mm, brownish, dipyramidal XX in matrix. |
063 |
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Zirconolite-3O |
Agnes, Stavern, Larvik, Vestfold. |
2 - 10 mm, dark, platy X in massive rock. Often slightly damaged because micro-specimens is difficult to formate from the feldspar-rich rock. |
065 |
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| Zirzilite | Sagaasen (Sagåsen) quarry, Tvedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark. |
Yellowish, massive in matrix. For systematic collectors of rare minerals. |
066 |
Gjerdingselva (Gjerdingen), Nordmarka, Lunner, Oppland, Norway
With a few exceptions like
gjerdingenite, few of the minerals found in the Gjerdingen area can be said to
be estetically beautiful. But
this is still a very interesting area
with several
unique mineral species. (This is one of my
favourite Norwegian localities):
|
Anatase |
0,5 - 1 mm,dark, sharp, cubic-looking X or XX in a vuggy area. |
037 |
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Bastnesite-(Ce) |
0,2 mm, orange platy X on brownish, octaedric pyrochlore X in a vuggy area. |
039 |
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Brookite |
0,5 - 1 mm, black, sharp X and XX of the socalled Arkansas-type in a vuggy area . |
039 |
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| Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce)/ plumbopyrochlore | Brown, octaedric crystals on matrix or in a vuggy area. The core is ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) and the rim is plumbopyrochlore. | ||
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Dalyite |
0,1 0,5 mm, greyish, massive grains in rock with janhaugite-grains. The mineral can best be identified with UV-light. |
039 |
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Elpidite |
0,5 - 1 mm, brownish orange, prismatic XX in a vuggy area. |
038 |
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Gjerdingenite-Fe |
0,5 mm light yellow, terminated, prismatic X or XX in a vuggy area. Please note: Gjerdingen-Mn is also found at Gjerdingen. It is impossible to tell the difference between these two gjerdingenite-species withouth an analyse. |
037 038 |
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Janhaugite |
1 - 2 mm, reddish brown, prismatic X or XX in rock. Very good quality for the mineral. |
037, 038 |
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Kupletskite |
0,5 - 1 mm, brown, acicular XX in vuggy rock. |
037 038 |
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Kupletskite |
0,5 - 1 mm, brown, platy, micalike X or XX in vuggy rock. |
037 038 |
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Lorenzenite |
0,5 - 1 mm, light grey, acicular XX in vuggy rock. |
038 |
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Molybdenite |
0,5 mm, sixsided, metallic X in vuggy rock. |
038 |
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Monazite-(Ce) |
0,3 mm, brownish red, platy X and XX in vuggy rock. |
038 |
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Pachnolite |
0,1 mm, clear/grey, prismatic XX in vuggy rock. |
039 |
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Pyrite |
0,2 mm cubic X in rock. |
038 |
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Pyrophanite |
0,4 - 1 mm, sharp, dark, metallic X in aegirine. |
037 |
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Ralstonite |
0,25 mm, sharp, grey, cubic X in vuggy rock. |
038 |
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Sphalerite |
1 mm ,brown, massive in rock. |
039 |
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Sulphur |
0,1 - 0,2 mm, light grains in a vuggy area. |
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Thomsenolite |
0,1 mm, white XX in vuggy rock. |
038 |
Yttrofluorite-pegmatites
in the Nordland county,
Norway
The pegmatites found in this area are in my opinion some of the most interesting localities
in Norway for microcollectors and collectors
of rare
minerals. It is the second most mineral-rich area in Norway:
Haakonhals (Håkonhals),
Hamaroy (Hamarøy), Nordland County.
Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland County.
Lagmannsvik, Hamaroy (Hamarøy), Nordland County.
Stetind,
Tysfjord, Nordland County.
Ovre Lapplegeret (Øvre Lapplegeret), Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland County.
| Adamsite-(Y) | Hundholmen | Some fibres of 0,5 mm, clear, acicular XX of adamsite-(Y) on clevage-plane in yttrofluorite. Often with allanite-(Ce) X. For collectors of Norwegian minerals. | 063 | |
|
Perbøeite-(Ce)
and/or alnaperbøeite |
Stetind | As up to 1 mm grains or rough crystals in matrix. The mineral can easily be misidentified with other minerals. It is impossible to say which of the two minerals my specimens are. It could be a perbøeite-(Ce), alnaperbøeite-(Ce), a mixture of the two minerals or intergrown with törnebohmite-(Ce). For systematic collectors. | ||
| Britholite-(Y) | Stetind | Up to 0,5 mm rouonded grains in massive yttrofluorite with orange bastnesite X. For systematic collectors. Britholite-(Y) is much rarer that britholite-(Ce). | 019 | |
| Britholite-(Y) | Ovre Lapplægeret | Up to 1 mm brownish, transparent/translucent, rouded grains in massive yttrofluorite. Better quality that the Stetind material. For systematic collectors. | 019 | |
| Allanite-(Ce) | Hundholmen | 0,5 - 2 mm black X in matrix. | ||
| Bastnesite-(Ce) | Stetind | Yellowish-brown, platy, rough X in massive yttrofluorite. Often with reddish-brown hundholmenite-grains. | ||
| Bastnesite-(Ce) | Ovre Lapplægeret | Up to 1 mm rough, orange, transparent/translucent X in massive yttrofluorite. | 019 | |
| Calcioancylite-(Ce) | Stetin | 0,5 mm, light lillac, dipyramidal crystals in vuggy areas. | ||
| Fergusonite-(Y) | Hundholmen | 0,1 mm, reddish-brown X in matrix. Hundholmen is the 2nd locality for non-metamict fergusonite-(Y) for this mineral in Norway. | 060 | |
| Fluorbritholite-(Y) | Lagmannsvik |
As
0,5 mm
rounded, translucent,
light lillac grains and
aggregates of grains
in massive yttrofluorite. Visual identification of fluorbritholite-(Y) is
impossible because of its
resemblance
to
two of the other, rare
minerals found at the locality. |
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| Gadolinite-(Y) | Hakonhals | Up to 0,3 mm, greenish, non-metamict X in grey yttrofluorite with yellow, rough bastnesite X and black allanite grains or crystals. This is one of the few localities in Norway with non-metamict gadolinite. For systematic collectors. | 060 | |
| Hundholmenite-(Y) | Hundholmen | 0,5 - 2 mm, brownish grains in gray yttrofluorite. Nice and rich specimens of this rare mineral. My specimens comes from the same small rock that was used for the scientific description of hundholmenite-(Y). | 067 | |
| Hundholmenite-(Y) | Stetind |
0,2 0,5 mm reddish-brown grains of hundholmenite-(Y) grains with rough, yellow bastnesite X in grey, massive yttrofluorite. |
061 | |
| Hundholmenite-(Y) | Stetind |
0,2 0,5 mm reddish-brown, rough X or XX of hundholmenite-(Y) with rough, yellow bastnesite in grey yttrofluorite. |
061 | |
| Kainosite-(Y) | Ovre Lapplægeret | 0,5 mm, greyish, prismatic XX in vuggy, grey yttrofluorite with yellowish brown, platy monazite-(Ce). | 058 | |
| Kainosite-(Y) | Ovre Lapplægeret | 0,5 mm, greyish, prismatic XX in vuggy, grey yttrofluorite with yellowish brown, platy monazite-(Ce). | 058 | |
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Keiviite-(Y) or keiviite-(Yb) |
Stetind | As up to 1 mm, greyish, prismatic crystals in a vuggy area. It is impossible to say wether my specimens are (Y) or (Yb). Stetind is the best crystal locality for these minerals. I do also have a vey few terminated crystals of yterbian keiviite-(Y) for exchange if you have something that I am REALLY interested in. | ||
| Imoriite-(Y) | Øvre Lapplægeret | As +- 0,5 mm pink, sharp, transparent crystals in vuggy yttrofluorite. | ||
| Kuliokite-(Y) | Stetind | As +- 0,5 mm greyish pink, sharp, platy crystals in vuggy yttrofluorite. | 063 | |
| Petscheckite | Hakonhals | 0,5 cm, pure, black, massive with no matrix. For systematic collectors of rare minerals. | 063 | |
| Fluorthalenite-(Y) | Hundholmen | 1 - 4 mm, brownish, rough X in yttrofluorite matrix with allanite-(Ce) X. For systematic collectors of rare minerals. | 062 | |
| Synchysite-(Y) | Stetind | Up to 1 mm white/tan coatings (xls ?) on other minerals in vuggy yttrofluorite. | 019 | |
| Törnebohmite-(Ce) | Stetind | Up to 0,7 mm browhish grey grains and rough, platy X in massive yttrofluorite with orange, rough bastnesite-(Ce) X. | 019 | |
| Thalenite-(Y) | Stetind | As 0,5 mm pink crystals in vuggy yttrofluorite. Stetind is the only locality in the World where thalenite can be found in vuggy rock. | 063 | |
| Vyuntspakhkite-(Y) | Stetind | As 0,5 mm brownish, platy crystals in vuggy yttrofluorite. Stetind is the best locality in the World for this mineral. | ||
| Xenotime-(Y) | Hundholmen | 0,5 - 1,5 mm, sharp, good, brownish, often transparent X in yttrofluorite with black allanite-(Ce) XX in matrix. | 062 | |
| Zircone | Hakonhals | 1 - 2 mm greyish brown X and XX in massive, grey yttrofluorite. | 063 |
Minerals from
other Norwegian localities:
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Aeschynite-(Y) |
Kalbuland (Kålbuland), Iveland, Setesdalen, Aust-Agder |
10 mm dark brown, massive. No matrix. For systematic collectors. |
042 |
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Anatase |
Hardangervidda, Hordaland |
7 mm, dark, dipyramidal X on quartz X |
004 |
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Anatase |
Slidre, Valdres, Oppland |
Up to 1 mm, sharp, dark, dipyramidal X with adular and quartz XX |
044 |
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Anatase |
Holmestrand, Vestfold |
Nice, 0,7 mm, sharp, dipyramidal X in vuggy basalt with other minerals |
043 |
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Anatase |
Holmestrand, Vestfold |
Nice, 0,7 mm, sharp, transparent, twinned X in vuggy basalt with other minerals |
043 |
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Anatase |
Sandermosen, Nordmarka, Oslo, Norway |
Sharp and shining, prismatic X in vuggy rock. | 021 | |
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Apophyllite |
Lierskogen pukkverk, Lier, Buskerud |
0,5 mm white XX on matrix. |
004 |
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Armenite |
Bratteskjerpet Mine, Overbergets mine-field, Kongsberg, Buskerud |
1 - 3 mm, white, prismatic XX in vuggy matrix. |
058 |
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Arsenopyrite |
Svenningdalen Mine, Grane, Nordland |
Up to 2,5 mm good, sharp, twinned X in matrix. |
064 |
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Babingtonite |
Molde |
Good and sharp, black X in vuggy matrix. |
004 |
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Bavenite |
Holmestrand, Vestfold |
0,25 mm, twinned, prismatic X in vuggy basalt with other minerals |
043 |
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Beryl (emerald) |
Byrud emerald mine, Byrud, Eidsvoll, Akershus |
2-14 mm, emeraldgreen, sharp, prismatic, translucent X and XX in matrix. Emeralds from this locality are of the rare variety that gets its green colour by V instead of Cr |
043 |
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Calcite |
Frei-tunnelen, Nordmøre, Møre og Romsdal |
20 mm, partly transparent X (twinned?) on matrix with white laumontite XX |
043 |
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Calcite |
Bjonndalen (Bjønndalen) Bruk Quarry, Nittedal, Akershus |
10 mm, grey, scalenoedric XX topped with a clear hat of 2nd generation, shortprismatic, calcite X. Nice and interesting. |
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Chabazite |
Glomsrudkollen mine, Modum, Buskerud |
1,8 mm, light orange, partly transparent X on matrix with white calcite XX |
043 |
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Chrysocolla |
Bandaksli, Dalen, Telemark |
1 mm, green, massive in vuggy roch with dark , metallic Cu-mineral |
043 |
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| Clinozoisite | Terningmoen, Elverum, Hedmark. |
Up to 1 mm, brownish-pink X with pink zoisite XX in vuggy matrix. |
039 | |
| Copper |
Kirkebukta, Løvøya, Horten, Vestfold, Norway |
Nice, 10 mm brownish aggregate of small crystals etched out of matrix. No matrix. | 052 | |
| Diopside | Mosøjen, Nordland. |
Up to 5 mm, light green, transparent, prismatic XX in vuggy matrix. |
055 | |
| Dolomite | Brynsåsen Quarry, Stange-Løten, Hedmark, Norway |
Up to 0,5 - 1 mm white/grey XX on matrix. Rich and nice specimens. |
067 | |
| Elbaite | Sandnessjoen (Sandnesøsjen), Nordland. |
1-4 mm, translucent, yellowish X in white matrix. |
053 | |
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Euxenite-(Y) |
Slobrekka quarry, Frikstad, Iveland, Setesdalen, Aust-Agder. |
3 mm, dark, fairly sharp, dark-brown X in feldspar. |
004 |
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Fluorite |
Drammen, Buskerud. |
Interesting, 4 mm, light green, octaedric hopper X made up of cubic XX on matrix. |
002 |
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Fluorite |
Bjornstaddalen (Bøjrnstaddalen), Skien, Telemark. |
4 mm, light green hopper X on matrix. |
004 |
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| Fluorite |
Bjonndalen (Bjønndalen) Bruk Quarry, Nittedal, Akershus |
Very nice and interesting specimens. As 0,5 2 mm cubic X or XX. Blue or clear, often with several layers of phantoms. Some crystals have a lot of crystal faces. These are some of the best micro fluorites I have seen from any locality. |
009 |
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Fluorite |
Bjorkasen
(Bjørkåsen) quarry, Flisa, Hedmark.
|
2 mm, dark, blue, sharp, octaedric X on quartz XX. |
044 |
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| Forsterite (peridote) | Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway | Peridote variety. 10 mm, massive, green, transparent, gemmy, no matrix. | 65 | |
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Harmotome |
Bjorkasen (Bjørkåsen) quarry, Flisa, Hedmark. |
1- 2 mm, nice, sharp, white, twinned XX on quartz XX. |
044 |
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Helvine |
Hortekollen (Hørtekollen) mine, Sylling, Lier, Buskerud. |
1- 2 mm, brown, translucent X and XX in a vuggy area. |
042 |
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Hematite |
Vinstra, Oppland. | 1,5 mm, nice, sharp and shining X . | 002 | |
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Hematite |
Valdres. |
1 mm, dark, platy, sharp X and XX on matrix. |
043 |
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Hessonite |
Halsfjord, Alstadhaug, Nordland. |
1 mm, reddish brown, partly transparent XX in vuggy matrix. |
004 |
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Heulandite |
Lierskogen pukkverk quarry, Lier, Buskerud. |
Good, transparent, 3 mm light brown X on matrix. |
004 |
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Heulandite |
Bjonndalen (Bjønndalen) Bruk Quarry, Nittedal, Akershus |
Up to 0,25 mm, light colored, sharp, transparent XX in vuggy rock. |
044 |
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Heulandite |
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3 mm, light brown, translucent X on matrix. |
042 |
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Hgtuvaite |
Høgtuva, Rana, Nordland. |
5 15 mm dark X in matrix. |
004 |
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Hydroxylapatite |
Oksoykollen (Oksøykollen), Modum, Snarum, Buskerud. |
4 mm, gray, slightly etched, prismatic X on matrix. |
044 |
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Kamphaugite-(Y) |
Hortekollen (Hørtekollen) mine, Sylling, Lier, Buskerud. |
0,5 mm, clear, disc-shaped X in vuggy skarn-matrix with brown helvite XX. |
004 |
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Lokkaite |
Tangen feldspar quarry, Kragero (Kragerø), Telemark. |
1 mm grey/white, shining film on matrix. |
040 |
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Manganaxinite |
Axinite locality, Stig, Arvoll (Årvold; Aarvold), Oslo. |
As up to 5 mm, greenish-yellow, sharp X or XX with no matrix. |
056 |
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Manganaxinite |
Axinite locality, Stig, Arvoll (Årvold; Aarvold), Oslo |
As up to 2 mm, gemmy, yellow, transparent, sharp X with no matrix. |
056 |
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Manganaxinite |
Axinite locality, Stig, Arvoll (Årvold; Aarvold), Oslo |
As up to 2 mm, gemmy, yellow, transparent, sharp X on matrix, sometimes with reddish-brown hessonite. |
056 |
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Manganite |
Kjevik, Kristiansand, Vest-Agder. |
Very nice, 1 - 2 mm dark XX in vuggy, massive manganite. Often with balls of rhodochrosite and clear baryte XX. |
001 |
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Marcasite |
Brynsasen (Brynsåsen) Quarry, Stange-Løten, Hedmark, Norway | 0,2 - 0,5 mm platy X mostly in massive, white calcite/dolomite. | 067 | |
| Microlite | Litjern Pegmatite, Frikstad, Iveland, Aust-Agder. | 0,2 - 0,3 mm reddish-brown, sharp, octaedric X in vuggy clevelandite. | 021 | |
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Rutile |
Lovgavlen (Løvgavlen), Fauske, Nordland. |
1 mm prismatic/acicular X with and on clear albite XX. |
002 |
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Rutile |
Vinstra, Oppland. |
Nice, 1 mm, light brown, acicular XX growing as epitactic stars on platy, sharp 1 mm hematite X. |
002 |
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Parisite |
Holmestrand, Vestfold. |
Very nice, 1 mm, sharp, yellowish brown, platy X or XX in vuggy basalt with other minerals. |
043 |
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Parisite |
Sandermosen, Nordmarka, Oslo, Norway |
Up to 0,5 mm light brown, platy, sixsided XX in vuggy rock. |
021 |
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Piemontite |
Orrkjolen (Orrkjølen), Stange, Hedmark. | 0,5 mm, pink, prismatic XX in vuggy, massive piemontite. | 039 | |
| Phenakite | Bakstevalåsen, Gunhildrud, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway | Clear, prismatic X in matrix with massive, red, genthelvite. | 64-2 | |
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Prehnite |
Valle, Møre og Romsdal. | 2 mm rounded aggregates of light green XX on matrix. | 002 | |
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Prehnite |
Gruatunnelen, Grua, Lunner, Akershus |
1 mm, light grey, translucent, sharp, terminated, platy XX richly on matrix |
042 |
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| Prehnite |
Ravneberget quarry, Sondeled (Søndeled), Risør, Aust-Agder, Norway |
1,5 mm light green, translucent X in aggregates on matrix. Some specimens with white laumontite XX. |
054 |
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Pyrite |
Nordre Brudd, Raufoss, Oppland |
0,07 mm, cubic pyrite XX as 1 mm platy aggregates on 2 mm grey translucent calcite XX. |
002 |
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Pyrite |
Bjonndalen (Bjønndalen) Bruk Quarry, Nittedal, Akershus |
Interesting, 0,3 mm prismatic X in or on calcite XX. |
042 |
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Pyrite |
Bjonndalen (Bjønndalen) Bruk Quarry, Nittedal, Akershus |
Interesting, 0,1 mm cubic pyrite X oriented on each corner of a tetraedric pyrite X on or in calcite XX. |
042 |
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Pyrite |
Brynsasen (Brynsåsen) Quarry, Stange - Løten, Hedmark, Norway | 2-3 mm modified, cubic crystals. No matrix. | 021 | |
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Quartz |
Bjorkasen
(Bjørkåsen) quarry, Flisa, Hedmark.
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Interesting, 1- 2 mm, clear, terminated XX with phantoms with oriented Fe-oxides that shows that the crystals are Dauphinee-twins. |
044 |
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Quartz |
Bjorkasen
(Bjørkåsen) quarry, Flisa, Hedmark.
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1- 2 mm, clear, terminated XX with varied, interesting inclutions. |
044 |
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| Rancieite | Kivikdalen (Kostøl, Ålefjær), Kristiansand, Vest-Agder |
Brownish, massive in vuggy manganite. |
053 | |
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Rhodochrosite |
Kjevik, Kristiansand, Vest-Agder |
1 - 2 mm gray balls in vuggy manganite. |
001 |
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Silver |
Vinoren mine, Asland, Flesberg, Buskerud |
10 mm aggregate of wires. |
042 |
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Talc |
Otta, Sel, Oppland |
1 mm, light green, micalike X and XX in a vuggy area. |
042 |
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| Thaumasite | Mofjellet | 1 mm, clear, acicular XX in vuggy, massive thaumasite. | 002 | |
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Tengerite |
Ivedal, Iveland, Setesdalen, Aust-Agder |
1 mm grey film on massive gadolinite |
042 |
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Titanite |
Holmestrand, Vestfold |
0,5 mm, sharp, light brown X or XX in vuggy basalt with other minerals. |
043 |
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Topaz |
Byrud emerald mine, Eidsvoll, Akershus |
2 mm, clear, transparent, shortprismatic X in matrix.. |
042 |
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Turquise |
Notodden, Heddal, Telemark |
0,5 mm, greenish blue rounded aggregates of XX on matrix. |
002 |
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Turquoise |
Simonnes quarry (Tinfoss Jernverks Quartz quarry), Heddal, Notodden, Telemark |
1 mm, green masses on matrix. |
044 34 |
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| Vesuviane | Børjeøra, Velfjorden, Brønnøy, Nordland. | 1 mm, light green, transparent, rounded crystals in vuggy matrix. | 021 | |
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Zoisite |
Terningmoen, Elverum, Hedmark |
Up to 2 mm, pink, prismatic, XX and X in matrix. For locality collectors of Norwegian minerals. |
039 |
Greenland:
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Apatite |
Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Narsaq, Ilimaussaq complex |
Up to 4 mm, clear, transparent, prismatic X in rock. Selfcollected. |
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Astrophyllite |
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) dump, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
Up to 4 mm, brown, platy, elongated, micalike X in rock. Selfcollected. |
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| Erikite | Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) dump, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province | Erikite is a pseudomorphous mixture of monazite and rhabdophane after vitusite-(Ce). As up to 10 mm light brown masses in matrix. |
051 |
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Graphite |
Narssrssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
0,5 mm, dark, platy X and XX in vuggy pegmatite with other minerals. |
025 |
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| Leucophanite | Nakalak Mt., Tasseq area, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province | 0,1 mm clear, XX in vuggy matrix. | 021 | |
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Mangan-neptunite |
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld), Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
0,7 mm, dark, X in matrix or in a vuggy area. |
024 |
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| Nacareniobsite-(Ce) | Kvanefjeld adit, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland | 1 mm, clear, lamellar XX in vuggy matrix. |
34 |
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Nafertisite |
Up to 2 cm, brown, fibrous XX. Rich and good specimens. Selfcollected. |
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Narsarsukite |
Turkestanite locality, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Narsaq, Ilimaussaq complex |
Up to 3 mm, damaged, yellow, platy X in rock. Selfcollected. |
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Narsarsukite |
Emeleusite locality, Illutalik (Igdlutalik) Island, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
Up to 1,7 mm, greenish, euhedral, blocky X in rock. Selfcollected. |
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Naujakasite |
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) dump, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
0,5 1 mm, light green, fairly wellformed X in vuggy naujakasite-rock with other minerals. |
025 |
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Sorensenite |
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
Up to 3 cm sprays of prismatic XX of pure sorensenite. Selfcollected. |
025 |
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| Steenstrupine-(Ce) | Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) dump, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province | As rich, 0,7 mm greyish, massive grains in rock. Rich specimen of uranium ore. For systematic collectors. | 051 | |
| Steenstrupine-(Ce) | Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) dump, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province. | 0,2 - 0,5 mm greyish, sharp X in vuggy matrix. Often with 1 mm greenish, naujakasite XX | 051 | |
| Steenstrupine-(Ce) | Tasseq Slopes (Taseq Slopes), Tasseq area, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province. | 0,5 mm black X in grey feldspar. | 067 | |
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Tugtupite |
Tasseq Slope, Ilimaussaq Complex, Kitaa Province |
0,5 mm white, translucent XX in vuggy matrix. Very stong colour in UV-light. |
024 |
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Tugtupite |
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
Rose, gemmy, massive. Very stong colour in UV-light. |
024 |
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Tugtupite |
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
Up to 2 cm, pink, massive in rock. Strong colour in UV-light. Selfcollected. |
025 |
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Turkestanite |
Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Narsaq, Ilimaussaq complex |
Up to 3 mm, brownish/yellowish, prismatic X in rock. Selfcollected. |
026 |
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| Ussingite | Tasseq Slopes (Taseq Slopes), Tasseq area, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province. | 10 mm, massive, quartz-like, transparent masses. | 021 | |
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Villiaumite |
Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) dump, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province |
Up to 3,5 mm, red, massive in rock. Selfcollected. |
025 |
Cryolite
deposit,
Ivittuut
(Ivigtut),
Arsuk Firth,
Arsuk,
Kitaa (West
Greenland) Province,
Greenland:
The rare fluorides ralstonite, thomsenolite jarlite, and
pachnolite are a must from my list. The quality is very good.
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See jørgensenite. |
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Cassiterite |
As dark, twinned crystals. |
024 |
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Cryolite |
White massive. |
022 024 |
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Fluorite |
1 - 1,5 mm, light lillac, transparent, sharp X in matrix with fluorides and other unidentified minerals. Good X of fluorite is rare at Ivigtut. |
023 |
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| Jarlite | 0,5 mm white XX in vuggy matrix. Rich and good specimens. |
023 |
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A
VERY rare mineral. Grey, microscopic crystals in matrix with other minerals.
The very rare fluoride bøgvadite might also be present as single grains
in or
on the specimen. I will
only exchange one of my few jørgensenite specimens with other very rare
minerals that are of especially interest to me (Norwegian minerals,
Greenland minerals, alcaline minerals,
very rare worldwide minerals, etc)
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Pachnolite |
Sharp 0,3 1 mm clear, terminated, prismatic X and XX with thomsenolite XX or ralstonite XX. Very good specimens. |
022 023 |
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Pachnolite |
Nice, terminated, pachnolite X with epitactic, cubic-looking thomsenolite X in vuggy matrix. |
022 023 |
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Prosopite |
0,2 - 2 mm crystals in vuggy matrix. Good specimens. |
033 |
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Prosopite |
0,5 mm white balls of XX on octaedric ralstonite XX. Very good specimens. |
022 |
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Prosopite |
Light blue massive. |
022 |
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Prosopite |
0,05 mm crystals in vuggy, massive prosopite. |
022 |
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Quartz |
Up to 7 mm, clear, terminated, prismatic X with fluorides like thomsenolite, pachnolite or ralstonite. |
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Ralstonite |
Up to 1,5 mm sharp, transparent, cubic or cubo-octaedric X or XX with other fluorides and othe rminerals like sphalerite and siderite. Very good specimens. |
022 023 |
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Thomsenolite |
Sharp, 0,5 1,5 mm, clear, cubic-looking X and XX, sometimes with octaedric ralstonite X or prismatic pachnolite X. It is a VERY common mistake to label small, cubic-looking thomsenolite crystals as cryolite crystals. Very good specimens. |
022 023 |
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Thomsenolite |
Sharp 0,5 - 2 mm clear, terminated, prismatic X and XX, sometimes with octaedric ralstonite X or prismatic pachnolite X. Very good specimens. |
022 023 |
Russia:
| Afghanite | Malo-Bystrinskoye lazurite deposit, Tounkinskaya valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | As 3 mm grey Z in matrix with 1 - 2 mm blue lazulite X in matrix | 008 | |
| Calciobetafite | Hurdagas Mine, Aldan, Aldan Shield, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | Up to 1 mm, dark grains in matrix. For systematic collectors. | 008 | |
| Fersmite | Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region. | 3 - 4 mm crystalline, massive masses in feldspar. | 021 | |
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Lorenzenite |
Flora mountain, Lovozero |
Good, 0,5 - 2 mm dark brown, partly translucent X in matrix with reddish-brown eudialyte. Probably the 2nd best locality for lorenzenite. |
054 |
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Lorenzenite |
Ramsayite Point, Flora mountain, Lovozero |
The name Ramsayite Point says it all: Ramsayite is the old name of lorenzenite. This is probably the best micro/macro locality in the world for lorenzenite. Very good 0,5 2 mm, partly transparent, euhedral X in matrix. |
054 |
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Penkvilksite |
Yubileina, Karnasurt, Lovozero |
"Cauliflower-like", white aggregate with other minerals. |
054 |
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Raite |
Yubileina, Karnasurt, Lovozero |
0,5 mm, golden-brown, acicular XX in vuggy matrix with other minerals. |
054 |
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Uvarovite |
Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoye), Saranovskaya (Sarany; Saranje) Village, Gorozavod area, Permskaya Oblast', Urals Region. |
Up to 0,5 mm, green, gemmy, transparent, dodecaedric XX on chromite matrix. Often with lillac, crystalline crust of amesite. |
052 |
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| Vishnevite | Kurochkin Log, Vishnevye (Vishnyovye; Cherry) Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia | Type locality. 2 - 4 mm light blue masses in matrix. The mineral has never been found in crystals. For systematic collectors of rare minerals. | 021 | |
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Zorite |
Yubileina, Karnasurt, Lovozero |
0,5 mm white to pale rose sprays of XX in vuggy matrix with other minerals. |
054 |
Other
countries:
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Actinolite |
Harstigen Mine, Värmland, Sweden |
Nice, up to 5 mm, green, partly transparent XX. |
002 |
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Aenigmatite |
Pantelleria Island, Trapani, Cicily, Italy |
Nice, 0,3 mm, dark, prismatic X in vuggy rock. |
055 |
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| Adamite | Kamareza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Kamariza, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attik Prefecture, Greece | As nice, 0,6 mm, green XX with green, globular conichalcite on brown gossan | 054 | ||
| Adranosite | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy | 0,1 mm, clear, acicular XX on matrix. | 34 | ||
| Adranosite-Fe | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy | 0,1 mm, light green, acicular XX on matrix. | 34 | ||
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Afwillite |
Ettringer Bellerberg Mt., Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts., Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
White on matrix. |
055 |
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Agrellite |
Sheffield Lake, Kipawa River, Villedien, Queebec, Canada |
10 mm, grey, massive. For systematic collectors. |
055 |
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Ajoite |
New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona ,USA |
0,4 mm, light bluish-green X and XX on and in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Alleghanyite | Kittel Mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden. | As 0,3 mm, dark brown grains in matrix. Always together with manganosite covered with a dark crust of pyrochroite and greyish calcite (strong UV). Sometimes with galaxite (reddish-brown), katoptrite (dark, platy), etc. My specimens comes from a rock that has been analyzed. Specimen size is often less than 5 mm. | 013 | ||
| Analcime | Horseshoe Dam area (Horseshoe Dam Clinoptilolite occurrence), Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA |
0,5 mm clear XX in vuggy basalt. |
008 | ||
| Analcime | Flinders area, Victoria, Australia |
1 mm clear XX on matrix. |
64-2 | ||
| Anatase | Toppa Valley, Ossola, Piedmont, Italy |
0,1 mm, dark X on matrix. |
053 | ||
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Armenite |
Isenwegg, Wasenhorn, Ganter valley, Simplon, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |
1-3 mm, clear/grey XX on quartz. |
055 |
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| Arsendescloizite | Cleveland Mine, Adams Mountain, Deer Trail & Cedar Canyon Districts, Huckleberry Range, Stevens Co., Washington, USA | 0,3 mm, globular masses with other minerals. | 64-2 | ||
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Aurostibite |
Nova Mine, Krásná Hora nad Vltavou, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic | As 0,3 mm brass-coloured grains in quartz matrix. For systematic collectors | 008 | ||
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Austinite |
Gold Hill Mine, Toole Co., Utah, USA |
0,5 - 1 mm, clear XX in vuggy gossan-matrix. |
055 |
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Azurite |
Mammoth Mine, Tintic Distr., East Tintic Mountains, Juab Co., Utah, USA |
Up to 1 mm, blue xx on matrix. |
052 |
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Azurite |
New Zealand |
Nice, 0,2 mm, blue XX in a vuggy azurite globule. |
053 | ||
| Azurite | Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA | 0,7 mm blue, nice, platy XX on green matrix | 053 | ||
| Babingtonite | Grönsjöberget, Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden | As 2,5 mm black X on matrix with quartz crystals | 021 | ||
| Bakerite | Corkscrew Mine, Corkscrew Canyon, Furnace Creek Distr., Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA | Typelocality. Grayish massive, sometimes with open seams with minute crystals. Often with clear colemanite crystals. Not a beautiful mineral. For systematic collectors of rare minerals. | 052 | ||
| Barite | Mercur Gold Mine, Mercur District (Camp Floyd District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA |
Nice and sharp, grey/clear, platy XX. |
053 | ||
| Baripharmacosiderite | Mammoth Mine (Mammoth shaft), Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA | 0,1-1 mm, brown, cubic XX in vuggy matrix. | 009 | ||
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Bayldonite |
Tsumeb, Namibia |
Minute, green XX on quartz (?) |
055 |
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| Bertrandite | Kent Massif, Qaraghandy Oblysy (Karaganda Oblast'), Kazakhstan | As good, sharp, greyish, terminated X and XX on matrix. | 008 | ||
| Beraunite |
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Province, Belgium |
Up to 2 mm nice, radiating aggregates of light brown, acicular XX on shale matrix. | 036 | ||
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Betafite |
Yate Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada |
5 mm, dark, massive. |
055 |
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Biotite |
San Vito Quarry, Mt. Somma, Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
Nice, 1,5 mm, light green, sharp, sixsided XX on matrix. |
055 |
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| Bismuth | Turtmann Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | 1-3 mm, massive, metallic grains in matrix. | 32 | ||
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Blatterite |
0,3 - 0,5 mm, black, prismatic X in matrix. Always together with manganosite covered with a dark crust of pyrochroite and greyish calcite (strong UV). Sometimes with galaxite (reddish-brown), katoptrite (dark, platy), etc. My specimens are often less than 5 mm. |
013 |
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Boltwoodite |
Spider Mine, Honeycomb Hills, Juab Co., Utah, USA. |
0,6 mm, yellow, fibrous. Together with clear, prismatic, thomsenolite X on matrix. |
055 |
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Botryogen |
Falun Mine, Dalarna, Sweden |
2 - 5 mm of reddish-brown XX. Rich and good quality of this rare magnesium iron sulfate. Falun mine is the type locality for this mineral. |
054 |
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Brewsterite |
Yellow Lake, British Columbia, Canada. |
Nice, 1,5 mm translucent X on matrix. |
002 |
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Brochantite |
Old Soldier Miner, Churchill Butte, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA. |
0,5 mm, green acicular XX on matrix with cerussite and linarite. |
052 |
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Buttgenbachite |
Likasi, Shaba, Congo (Zaire). |
Loose. 0,5 mm, blue, prismatic X. No matrix. |
055 |
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Calciobetafite |
Le Tre Croci, Vetralla, Lago di Vico, Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. |
Fairly sharp, 0,3 mm, dark XX in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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Calciokutnohorite |
Valdarno, Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy. |
Nice, 3 mm, terminated, clear XX in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Calciovolborthite |
Monument Valley, White Canyon-Monument Valley District, Apache & Navajo
Cos., Arizona, USA |
0,1 mm green, micalike XX on matrix. | 054 | ||
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Calcite |
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland. |
0,7 mm, white XX in white, vuggy dolomite. |
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| Calciobetafite |
Tre
Croci, Vetralla, Vico Lake, Viterbo Province, Latium, Italy |
0,5 mm black XX on matrix | 036 | ||
| Calomel | Red Bird Mine, Lovelock, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA | Greyish, massive, calomel on red cinnabar with greyish opal balls. | 34 | ||
| Camerolaite | Piesky, Špania Dolina, Špania Dolina ore belt, Starohorské Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia | As blue masses to 1 mm on matrix | 008 | ||
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Canavesite |
Miniera di Brosso, Calea, Lessolo/Brosso, Torino, Piemonte, Italy. |
1 mm, clear, acicular XX on matrix. |
055 |
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| Cassiterite | Mt Bischoff, Waratah, Waratah district, Tasmania, Australia | As dark, 0,7 mm X and XX on matrix | 008 | ||
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Catapleiite |
Mont St. Hilaire, Canada. |
1 mm, grey, pearly, micalike plates. |
052 |
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| Carnotite | Anderson Mine (Date Creek project; U-V Mine; Uranium-Air Mine), Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA | 0,1 mm, yellow XX richly on matrix. | 008 | ||
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Carbonate-cyanotrichite |
Valcroze, Alzon, Gard, Languedoc-Roussilon, France. |
Tiny blue balls of 0,01 mm, acicular XX in vuggy matrix with other minerals. |
055 |
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Cavansite |
Wagholi Quarry, Ahmadnagar, Pune (Poonah), Maharashtra, India. |
Nice, 10 mm blue ball. No matrix. |
055 |
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| Cervantite | Zlatá Baňa, Northern Slanské Mts, Prešov Region, Slovakia | Yellowish massiv with metallic crystals of stibnite. | 008 | ||
| Chabazite-Na (herschelite) | Horseshoe Dam area (Horseshoe Dam Clinoptilolite occurrence), Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA | As 1 mm, sharp, platy X and XX in vuggy basalt | 008 | ||
| Chabazite-Ca | Lyttelton Harbour Board Quarry, Lyttelton, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand | 1 mm grey/clear XX on matrix. | 64-2 | ||
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Chalcantite |
Tolfa, Rome, Latium, Italy. |
Nice, 6 mm, parallell-oriented, blue, prismatic XX. No matrix. The specimen has not changed during several years. |
055 |
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| Chalcopyrite | Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado, USA | up to 3 mm, metallic X or XX in vuggy pyrite. | 053 | ||
| Challacolloite | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy | Up to 0,4 mm, greenish/yellow XX on matrix. | 34 | ||
| Chenevixite | El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco (Huanaco), Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile | 0,2 mm green, rough X. Sometimes with scorodite and alunite. | 058 | ||
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Chlorargyrite |
Delmar Mine, USA. |
Fairly nice, grey, up to 2 mm X and XX on matrix. |
055 |
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Chlorargyrite |
Minietta Mine, Argus Range, Inyo County, California. |
0,6 mm, olive X on matrix. |
055 |
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Chlorite |
Kärnten, Austria |
0,5 mm, green XX with white albite X. |
055 |
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| Cinnabar | Mendeleev volcano (Ruasu-dake), Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands, Maritime Province, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia | As tiny, red grains (crystals) on grey halite. Sometimes with sulfur X and XX to 0,1 0,8 mm. | 008 | ||
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Clinoclase |
Majuba Hill Mine (Mylar Mine), Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA |
Nice, 0,5 mm, blue X on green, globular cornwallite. |
055 |
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Clinoptilolite-Na |
Richardson Ranch, Madras, Jefferson Co., Oregon, USA | 0,5 mm very beautiful, orange, platy, XX on matrix. | 64-2 | ||
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Celestite |
Ratum, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands |
3 mm, clear, prismatic, terminated X on calcite XX on matrix. |
055 |
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| Colemanite | Corkscrew Mine, Corkscrew Canyon, Furnace Creek Distr., Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA | Up to 2 mm, clear, sharp, terminated XX. Sometimes colored dark with todorokite. Bakerite is present on most of the specimens. | 052 | ||
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Coffinite |
Rabejac, Lodve, Hrault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France |
1 mm, dark, rounded grains in rock. |
055 |
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Conichalcite |
Cassagna Mine, Graveglia Valley, Genova, Liguria, Italy |
0,5 mm, green X on manganite. |
055 |
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Corderoite |
McDermitt Mine, Opalite Dist., Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA |
Orange pink with cinnabar. For systematic collectors. |
055 |
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Cornetite |
Likasi, Shaba Province, Zaire |
1 mm, flattened aggregates of blue XX on matrix. |
001 |
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Cornetite |
Blue Jay Mine, Nevada, USA |
0,2 mm, green XX in vuggy rock. |
055 |
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Cornwallite |
Mammoth Mine, Tintic Distr., East Tintic Mountains, Juab Co., Utah, USA |
Beautiful, green, globular masses on matrix. |
055, 053 |
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Creedite |
USA |
2 mm, clear X in vuggy rock |
055 |
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| Crocoite | Kapi Mine, North Dundas, Zeehan district, Tasmania, Australia |
Up to 5 mm, red XX on matrix. |
053 | ||
| Crookesite | Skrikerum Mine, Valdemarsvik, Östergötland, Sweden | "Ugly", dark, grains in calcite matrix with umangite. A rare mineral of interest to systematic collectors. See photos on Mindat. | 64-2 | ||
| Cryolite | St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District, El Paso Co., Colorado, USA | 3-10 mm, grey, massive with or without matrix. For systematic collectors. |
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Cuprite |
Champion mine, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand |
0,1 - 0,5 mm red, acicular XX on matrix. Copper is often present. |
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Cuspidine |
Mt. Somma, Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
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055 |
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Dioptase |
Tsumeb, Namibia |
3 mm, green X on light green, globular masses of plancheite. Small specimen. |
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| Dolomite | Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | 0,8 mm, clear XX with calcite XX in vuggy dolomite. | 057 | ||
| Duftite | Amazon Wash-Hassayampa River confluence area, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA | Green crust and 0,08 mm green, globules on matrix. | 052 | ||
| Elpidite | Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | Up to 5 mm beige, acicular XX on matrix. | 34 | ||
| Enstatite | Emmelberg Mt., Uedersdorf, Daun, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 0,4 mm yellow, prismatic, terminated XX of enstatite with dark, tiny pseudobrookite in vuggy matrix. | 009 | ||
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Epididymite |
Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville Co., Qubec, Canada |
0,5 mm, white, platy aggregates of epididymite XX on beige siderite XX. |
053 | ||
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Epidote |
Bourg d'Oisans, Isre, Rhone-Alpes, France |
1 mm, dark green X on 3 mm, acicular XX. |
055 |
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Epidote |
Falin lake, Usseglio, Viu Valley, Lanzo Valley, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy |
Very nice and gemmy, up to 2 mm, yellow, often transparent X and XX on matrix. |
055 |
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| Erionite | Phelps Dodge Corporation Well No. 1, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA | Nice, clear, 0,4 mm, prismatic X and XX in vuggy basalt | 008 | ||
| Eudialyte | Pilanesberg Mt, Gauteng Province, South Africa | As 3 - 5 mm reddish-lillac, massive in rock. | 021 | ||
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Dufrenoisite |
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |
0,5 mm, dark, acicular XX in white, vuggy dolomite. |
057 |
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Fassaite |
Pitigliano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy |
Nice 1 mm, green X and XX in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Fluorapatite | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA | As 0,3 mm nice, light brown, shortprismatic X and XX with or without brownish rhodochrosite XX | 010 | ||
| Fluorapatite | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA | As light blue, nice, 1,5 mm doubleterminated, transparent X on matrix. | 010 | ||
| Fluorapophyllite | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA | As 3 mm nice, sharp, light brown, translucent XX on matrix. | 010 | ||
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Fluorite |
Tuparwera |
0,5 cm, grey, cubic, stepped XX og light green, octaedric, frosted XX, sometimes with platy, grey barite. |
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Fluorite |
La Faye Mine, Grury, Sane-et-Loire, Burgundy, France |
Var: Anthozonite. 0,3 mm, black, cubic XX. |
055 |
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Forsterite |
Vispi quarry, San Venanzo, Marsciano, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy | Up to 2 mm, light grey X with tiny calcite XX with other minerals in vuggy matrix. | 055 | ||
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Fredikssonite |
Langban (Långban), Värmland, Sweden |
2 - 4 mm, black, prismatic X in matrix. |
031 |
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| Friedrichite/hammarite | Vyšná Boca, Northern Low Tatra Mts, Žilina Region, Slovakia | Metallic grains in matrix. Sometimes with aikinite and/or krupkaite. For systematic collectors. | 008 | ||
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Gadolinite-(Ce) |
Washington Pass, Golden Horn Batholith, Okanogan Co., Washington, USA |
0,5 mm, dark X in vuggy rock. |
66 |
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Gadolinite-(Y) |
Cuasso al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy |
0,6 mm, brownish X with fluorite in vuggy granite. |
055 |
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| Galenobismuthite | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy | 0,1 mm, metallic, prismatic XX on matrix. | 34 | ||
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Ganophyllite |
Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Genova, Liguria, Italy |
0,2 mm, beige, micalike in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Geocronite | Prachovice, Pardubice Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic | Massive, metallic with galena. For systematic collectors. | 008 | ||
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Goethite |
Unknown |
Up to 6 mm balls of brown acicular XX on quartz XX. |
055 |
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Gold |
St. Vith, Ardennes, Belgium |
0,3 mm grain mounted on black rubber. |
002 |
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| Goldmanite | Pezinok, Mal Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovakia | As 0,2 mm green grains in matrix. No crystal forms. For systematic collectors only. | 008 | ||
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Graphite |
San Vito Quarry, Mt. Somma, Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
0,6 mm, sharp, platy, sixsided X in calcite. |
055 |
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Harmotome |
Pahu River, South Island, New Zealand | 0,6 mm, clear, twinned X in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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Haynesite |
Repete Mine, Blanding, San Juan Co., Utah, USA |
Up to 0,2 mm yellow, prismatic XX on matrix | 036 | ||
| Hedenbergite | Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden. | Up to 2,5 mm, sharp, dark green XX richly on matrix. | 013 | ||
| Heinrichite | Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany |
0,3 mm, green, micalike XX in vuggy matrix. |
053 | ||
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Hematite |
Nickenicher Sattel (Eicher Sattel), Eich, Andernach, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
0,2 mm, dark XX in vuggy matrix. |
053 | ||
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Hematite |
Henderson's Quarry, Mt. Ngangataha, Lake Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. | 0,2 mm, dark, sharp, platy X in vuggy matrix with clear tridymite XX. |
001 |
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Herschelite |
Bicker's Quarry, Dargaville, Northlands, New Zealand | Nice, 1 mm, light brown, X and XX in vuggy matrix. Sometimes with siderite X. |
001 |
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| Hemihedrite | Amazon Wash-Hassayampa River confluence area, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA | Up to 0,3 mm orange, sharp, transparent X and XX on matrix. | 052 | ||
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Heulandite |
Stew Point Station, Rangitata Valley, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand | Up to 2 mm, nice, clear X in vuggy rock |
055, 64-2 |
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Heulandite |
Mauganui Bluff, Aranga, Northlands, New Zealand | 0,7 mm, clear, XX in vuggy rock |
001 |
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Hinsdalite |
Schöne Aussicht Mine, Dernbach, Westerwald, Rhineland, Germany |
Tiny specimen in capsule. |
055 |
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Hornblende |
Mt. Somma, Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
Nice, 0,5 mm, sharp, prismatic X in vuggy rock. |
055 |
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Humite |
San Vito Quarry, Mt. Somma, Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
Nice, up to 1,3 mm, light brown X in vuggy matrix with dark, octaedric pleonast. |
055 |
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Hyalophanhe |
The Granipians, Pahau River, Culverden, North Canterbury, New Zealand |
Up to 2,5 mm, grey, translucent X with beige calcite XX on grey balls of harmotome XX. |
001 |
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| Jamesonite | Nižná Slaná, Eastern Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Košice Region, Slovakia | As 10 mm, fibrous, metallic aggregates wit hno matrix. For systematic collectors. | 008 | ||
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Jordanite |
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |
Dark, 0,2 mm, metallic XX in white, vuggy dolomite. |
057 |
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Kaliopyrochlore |
Lueshe Carbonatite, Kivi, Zaire |
2,5 mm, octaedric X. No matrix. |
054 |
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Kalsilite |
Vispi quarry, San Venanzo, Marsciano, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy | Up to 2 mm, white/grey, acicular X with other minerals in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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Katoptrite |
Kittel Mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden. | Up to 0,5 mm, dark, shining, platy X in matrix. Always together with manganosite covered with a dark crust of pyrochroite and greyish calcite (strong UV). Sometimes with sonolite-group minerals, galaxite (reddish brown X), etc. My specimens are often less than 5 mm in size. | 013 | ||
| Kermesite | Pezinok, Mal Karpaty Mts, Bratislava Region, Slovakia | Up to 4 mm dark red, acicular/prismatic XX on matrix. | 008 | ||
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Kinoite |
Christmas Mine, Christmas Area, Banner Dist., Dripping Spring Mtn., Gila Co., Arizona, USA |
Nice bluish XX as inclutions in 0,7 mm, clear, sharp apophyllite XX. |
052 |
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Klebelsbergite |
Pereta Mine, Scansano, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy |
Nice 1,3 mm sprays of gray, acicular XX on matrix. |
055 |
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Kutnahorite |
Kutna Hora, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
1 mm, clear, prismatic XX on matrix. |
055 |
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Kutnahorite |
Val Graveglia (Gambatesa) Mine, Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy |
3 mm, dark prismatic XX in vuggy matrix. |
053 | ||
| Langite | Podlipa and Reinera Mines, Ľubietová ore belt, Western Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia | Up to 0,2 mm, sharp, blue X and XX on matrix. | 008 | ||
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Latiumite |
V. Biacoella, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano di Roma, Rome Province, Latium, Italy |
Nice 1 mm, white, prismatic XX in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Beraunite | Leväeniemi Iron mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna, Lappland, Sweden | 8-10 mm dark green, acicular X in vuggy matrix | 054 | ||
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Lengenbachite |
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |
Up to 1,5 mm, dark, lamellar, metallic XX in white, vuggy dolomite. |
057 |
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Lithargite |
Tonopah-Belmont Miner, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn Distr., Big Horn Mts., Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA |
1 mm, orange, massive in globular quartz matrix with some other minerals. |
052 |
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Levyne |
Faroe Island, Denmark |
0,6 mm, sixsided, sharp, clear XX partly covered wit 3,5 mm chabazite XX in vuggy matrix |
055 |
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| Liveingite | Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | Up to 0,8 mm, dark, metallic XX in white, vuggy dolomite | 057 | ||
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Ludwigite |
Brosso Mine, Calea, Canavese District, Torino, Piedmont, Italy |
2 mm, dark, radiating XX in matrix. No freestanding XX. |
055 |
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Magnesioferrite |
Langban, Värmland, Sweden |
3 - 4 mm, dark, rough X in matrix. For systematic collectors. Specimens with undamaged crystals are impossible to get when larger specimens are formated to smaller specimens, so the crystals are always damaged. |
001 |
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Magnesite |
Brumado Mine, Brumado, Serra das guas, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil |
6 mm, transparent, sharp X with no matrix. |
055 |
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Malachite |
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA |
Nice, 0,3 mm, green balls of acicular XX in vuggy matrix.
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053 |
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Malachite |
Friedrichssegen Mine, Frcht, Revier Bad Ems, Lahntal, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany |
0,2 mm, green XX in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Manganhumite | Kittel Mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden. | As 0,3 mm, dark brown grains in matrix. Always together with manganosite covered with a dark crust of pyrochroite and greyish calcite (strong UV). Sometimes with galaxite (reddish-brown), katoptrite (dark, platy), etc. My specimens comes from a rock that has been analyzed. Specimen size is often less than 5 mm. | 013 | ||
| Manganvesuvianite | Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | 1 mm, dark red, prismatic XX on matrix. | 34 | ||
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Mansfieldite |
Cap Garonne Mine, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur, France | Minute, light blue XX in open seams in matrix. |
055 |
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Marialite |
Vispi quarry, San Venanzo, Marsciano, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy | Sharp, up to 1,5 mm, clear XX with other minerals in vuggy matrix. | 055 | ||
| Metastibnite |
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0,3 mm, dark red XX on matrix. Nice specimens. | 64-2 | ||
| Mimetite | Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA |
0,2 mm, yellow, prismatic XX with orange wulfenite XX in vuggy matrix. |
053 |
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Monazite |
Sportgastein, Salzburg, Austria |
0,5 mm, light brown, transparent X with 1 mm black rutile X in vuggy rock. |
002 |
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Mordenite |
Tannenbergunnel, Steiermark, Austria |
0,5 mm, white, acicular XX on 0,7 mm dolomite XX. |
055 |
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| Mordenite | Taupo, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand | Up to 3 mm, white, acicular XX in vuggy matrix. | 64-2 | ||
| Mottramite | Vein 12, Tadaout, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | 0,3 - 1 mm, sharp, dark brownish X and XX on dark, fibrous goethite XX. | 36 | ||
| Muscovite | Nello Teer Princeton Quarry, Princeton, Jackson Co., North Carolina, USA |
Nice and sharp, up to 2 mm, greyish, sharp, sixsided X and XX in vuggy matrix with grey siderite XX. |
053 | ||
| Natrolite | Portobello, Otago Peninsula, Otago, South Island, New Zealand | 2 mm grey, terminated, prismatic XX on matrix. | 64-2 | ||
| Natrojarosite | Elba, Italy |
Nice, light brown, 0,3 mm XX in vuggy matrix. |
053 |
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| Natrojarosite | Londonderry, Western-Australia, Australia |
0,05 mm XX in rich, brown masses on matrix. |
053 | ||
| Nordstrandite | Stradner Kogel Mt., Wilhelmsdorf, Bad Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria |
Nice, up to 1 mm white balls on matrix. Strong green in UV-light. With phillipsite. |
053 | ||
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Olivenite |
Laurion ,Greece |
Nice, 1,4 mm green X with 0,4 mm blue azurite in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Oivenite |
New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo
District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA |
0,1 mm green XX on matrix. | 053 | ||
| Opal-AN (Hyalite) | Valeč, Doupov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic | Very nice 10 mm clear masses on matrix. See photos on Mindat. | 053 | ||
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Paulingite-Ca |
Three Mile Creek, Ritter, Oregon, USA |
Nice, clear, 0,2 - 0,3 mm X in vuggy basalt. |
002 |
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Pennine |
Elba, Italy |
0,3 mm, dark, micalike XX on matrix. |
055 |
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| Percylite |
Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
0,7 mm, bluish XX and massive on matrix. | 054 | ||
| Perraultite | Unnamed Quarry, Dmitrievka village, Mariupol' Massif (Oktyabr'skii), Azov Sea Region, Donets'k Oblast' (Donetsk Oblast'), Ukraine | Up to 3 mm orange grains (XX ?) in sugary albite rock. | 008 | ||
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Perroudite |
Cape Garonne, Var, France |
0,1 mm, red, acicular/prismatic X and XX in green, vuggy matrix. |
002 |
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Pickeringite |
Elba, Italy |
3 mm, white, acicular XX. |
055 |
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Phillipsite |
Horseshoe Dam area (Horseshoe Dam Clinoptilolite occurrence), Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA |
Up to 1,5 mm aggregates of light XX in vuggy basalt |
008 |
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Phillipsite |
Vispi quarry, San Venanzo, Marsciano, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy |
0,2 mm, clear XX with other minerals in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Phosphosiderite | Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda District, Portugal | Bluish, tiny XX with yellowish kacoxen and other phosphates. | 009 | ||
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Pinakiolite |
Langban, Värmland, Sweden |
1 - 2 mm, black, broken, platy X in matrix. For systematic collectors. |
001 |
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Planerite |
Mauldin Mt. Quarry, Mt. Ida, Arkansas, USA |
Light green, globular masses on matrix. |
055 |
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| Prehnite | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA | Nice, 4 mm, terminated, transparent XX on matrix. | 010 | ||
| Prosopite | St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District , El Paso Co., Colorado, USA | 2-3 mm, greyish X on matrix. | 32 | ||
| Pseudomalachite | Douglas Hill Mine, Artesia Lake, Yerington District, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA | Nice, 0,2 mm deep green balls in vuggy matrix. | 053 | ||
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Quartz |
Cavnic Mine (Kapnikbnya), Cavnic (Kapnic; Kapnik), Maramures Co., Romania |
Nice 10 mm, clear, prismatic, terminated X with interesting, clear, prismatic, 0,5 mm, 2nd generation qartz X growing out at right angles on the big qartz X. 2,5 mm calcite and 1mm pyrite. |
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| Quartz | Moeraki Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand | Up to 2 mm clear XX on matrix. | 64-2 | ||
| Rhodochrosite | Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | 1-1,5 mm, rough, etched XX on matrix | 34 | ||
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Rutile |
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |
0,25 mm black X in white, vuggy dolomite. |
057 |
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Sal ammoniac |
Farennes, Belgium |
1- 2 mm clear XX on matrix. |
055 |
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| Saneroite | Val Graveglia (Gambatesa) Mine, Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy |
Orange massive in matrix. For systematic collectors. |
053 | ||
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Sanidine |
Mt. Somma, Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
2 mm, clear, platy X with grey davyne X and dark hornblende X in vuggy rock. |
055 |
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Sartorite |
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |
0,8 mm, dark, prismatic, metallic X in white, vuggy dolomite. |
057 |
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| Scholzite | Snowstorm mine (Mountain View mine), North Battle Mountain District, Lander Co., Nevada, USA | Nice, up to 2 mm, clear thin, prismatic XX on matrix. | 052 | ||
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Siderite |
Mont St. Hilaire, Canada |
1 mm, greyish XX with clear albite and Quartz. |
052 |
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| Sonolite | Kittel Mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden. | As 0,3 mm, dark brown grains in matrix. Always together with manganosite covered with a dark crust of pyrochroite and greyish calcite (strong UV). Sometimes with galaxite (reddish-brown), katoptrite (dark, platy), etc. My specimens comes from a rock that has been analyzed. Specimen size is often less than 5 mm. | 013 | ||
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Sphalerite |
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |
0,6 mm, sharp, light brown X in white, vuggy dolomite. |
057 |
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Spinel |
Mt. Somma, Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
0,5 mm, grey-green, octaedric X in rock. |
055 |
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Spinel |
Mt. Somma, Vesuvius, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
Up to 1 mm, lilac, ocaedric X in matrix. |
055 |
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Stellerite |
Villanova - Monteleone Rocca Doria area, Sassari Privince, Sardinia, Italy |
Nice, 0,7 mm, clear XX in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Steropesite | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy | Minute, yellowish-green XX on matrix. | 34 | ||
| Stilbite |
Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Lappland, Sweden |
1 mm light brown XX on matrix. | 036, 64-2 | ||
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Stichite |
Green Hills Bluff, Southlands, New Zealand |
Lillac crust on matrix. |
001 |
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| Stony meteorite | Morocco | 10-20 mm broken pieces of light or dark grey matrix with metallic grains. | 64-2 | ||
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Strontianite |
Strontian, North West Highlands (Argyllshire), Scotland, UK |
Nice, up to 1,5 mm beige, transparent, terminated XX in vuggy matrix. |
055 |
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| Strunzite | Indian Mountain, Cherokee Co., Alabama, USA |
0,3 mm, light lillac XX on matrix with other minerals. |
053 | ||
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Tegengrenite (former galaxite on my list) |
Up to 0,2 mm, reddish brown, cubic X in matrix. Always together with manganosite covered with a dark crust of pyrochroite and greyish calcite (strong UV). Sometimes with sonolite-group minerals, katoptrite (dark, platy), blatterite, etc. My specimens are often less than 5 mm. |
013 |
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Tennantite (Binnite) |
Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland |
Up to 0,8 mm, dark, metallic X in white, vuggy dolomite. |
057 |
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Tennantite |
Cerro de Pasco, Pasco, Peru |
Nice, up to 5 mm, dark, tetraedric X with 5 mm dodecaedric galena X and clear quartz XX on matrix. |
001 |
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| Tetranatrolite | Schellkopf, Brenk, Eifel, Germany |
0,2 mm white X on clear phillipsite XX. |
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Thomsenolite |
Spider Mine, Honeycomb Hills, Juab Co., Utah, USA |
Clear, 2 mm, prismatic X with 0,6 mm, yellow boltwoodite on matrix. |
055 |
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| Thomsenolite | Cryolite Mine, St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District , El Paso Co., Colorado, USA | 0,3 mm crystals in solution cavities in massive, grey cryolite in rock-matrix. | 32 | ||
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Thomsonite |
Lyttleton Quarry, Lyttleton, Mid Canterbury, New Zealand |
Nice, 1,5 mm, grey, translucent, spherical aggregates covering the walls of vuggy matrix. |
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Thomsonite |
Stone's Quarry, Aranga, Northlands, New Zealand |
1 mm grey thomsonite XX on grey balls of gismondine XX on 1,5 mm sharp, clear, chabazite XX. |
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| Tilasite | Langban (Långban), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden |
Orange, massive. Rich specimens. For systematic collectors of rare minerals. |
053 | ||
| Tintinaite | Gemerská Poloma, Eastern Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Košice Region, Slovakia | 8-10 mm ligt grey, metallic massive masses in matrix. For systematic collectors. | 055 | ||
| Tintinaite | Mária Mine, Rožňava Mining District, Eastern Slovenské Rudohorie Mts, Košice Region, Slovakia | Grey acicular XX in matrix. For systematic collectors. | 008 | ||
| Titanowoodginite | Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada | 1-3 mm black X in matrix. | 34 | ||
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Topaz |
Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy |
0,5 mm white, acicular XX on matrix. |
055 |
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Torbernite |
Entraygues, Aveyron, France |
Nice, 2 - 3 mm, green, platy X and XX on smoky quartz XX. |
002 |
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Tourmaline |
San Piero il Campo, Elba Island, Itlay |
1 mm spray of greenish, acicular XX in vuggy pegmatite. |
002 |
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Tschernichite |
Neer Road, Goble, Columbia Co., Oregon, USA |
Good and sharp, 1 mm, pyramidal, transparent X and XX in vuggy matrix. Very nice specimens. |
057 |
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Tunisite |
Condorcet, Nyons, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France |
1-3 mm clear XX |
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Turquise |
Bihain, Belgium |
0,2 mm bluish balls of tiny XX in vuggy quartz. |
002 |
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Tyrolite |
Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Juab Co., Utah, USA |
Up to 4 mm, green, micalike on matrix. Sometimes as rounded balls of XX. |
052 |
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Turquise |
Bihain, Belgium |
0,2 mm bluish balls of tiny XX in vuggy quartz. |
002 |
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| Vanadinite | Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | 1-3 mm, orange, sharp, transparent, sixsided, platy X and XX on grey/white barite XX. Very good specimens. | 36 | ||
| Vanadinite | Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | Sharp, 0,5-1 mm yellowish X and XX on beige dolomite XX matrix. | 36 | ||
| Vanadinite | Mibladen Mining District, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | 1 mm, brown, platy, sharp X and XX on beige dolomite XX. | 36 | ||
| Vanadinite | Vein 12, Tadaout, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | 3-5 mm sharp, orange, platy XX with no matrix. | 36 | ||
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Vesuvianite (cyprine) |
Jakobsberg Mine, Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden | 0,5 - 1 mm, bluish to lillac, sharp/unsharp X in calcite with other unidentified minerals. The calcite has a strong colour in UV light. | 013 | ||
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Vicanite-(Ce) |
Le Tre Croci, Vetralla, Lago di Vico, Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio, Italia |
Unsharp, green 0,1 mm X in rock. |
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Villiaumite |
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055 |
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Vonsenite |
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2 mm acicular XX on matrix. |
055 |
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| Walentaite | Oumlil Mine, Oumlil, Bou Azer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco | 0,2 mm yellow balls of XX on matrix with other unidentified minerals. I will ONLY exchange my few walenta-specimens with you if you have a very rare Moroccan mineral that I am interested in. | 36 | ||
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Whitmoreite |
Mont-des-Groseillers,
Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Province, Belgium |
0,6 mm raiating aggregates of olive, acicular XX on shale matrix. |
036 |
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Xonotlite |
Spagnago, Vicenza, Vineto, Toscany, Italy |
3 mm, white, freestanding, acicular XX on matrix. |
055 |
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Yanomamite |
Mangabeira Tin Mine, Monte Alegre de Gois, Mangabeira Massif, Gois, Central-West Region, Brazil |
Up to 0,5 mm, light green crust or globular masses of minute XX in vuggy quartz graisen with massive cassiterite and topaz. |
002 |
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Yugawaralite |
200 / 237 Road Quarry, Wolf Point, Cowlitz Co., Washington, USA |
Good and sharp, 1 mm, clear, platy XX in vuggy matrix. Nice specimens. |
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Zircone |
Ossola, Piedmont, Italy |
Nice, 2 mm, sharp, lillac X in rock. |
055 |
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Zirconolite |
Le Tre Croci, Vetralla, Lago di Vico, Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio, Italia |
0,1 mm dark X in vuggy rock. |
055 |