THE MINERALS FROM THE NORWEGIAN SYENITE PEGMATITES
HOMEPAGE MAINTAINED BY ALF OLAV
LARSEN
tThe island Låven, Langesundsfjord,
Norway (Brøgger 1890).
The type locality for aegirine,
mosandrite, tritomite-(Ce),
catapleiite, leucophanite and låvenite.
The latter named after the locality.
The syenite pegmatites in the Larvik
plutonic complex in the Oslo Region, Norway, are famous for their diversity
of minerals. To date, 175 different mineral species have been found in
these classic localities, and 23 species have their type locality in the
district. More than 200 years have passed since the first mineral discoveries
were made here, and still there are much to be found. This homepage is
dedicated to the study of these minerals.
The geology of the Oslo Region
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