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Låvenite

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Låvenite

ex Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum, Oslo
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Description
Locality: 
Låven Island, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 5.2 × 2.5 cm
Description

Several yellow coloured, clearly visible crystalline aggregates of låvenite are embedded in pegmatite matrix. A good specimen for this rare mineral from its type locality, the Låven island in the Langesundsfjorden, followed by a label of the Geological-Mineralogical Museum Oslo.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Låvenite

Formula: 
(Na,Ca)2(Mn2+,Fe2+)(Zr,Ti)(Si2O7)(O,OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway

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