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Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norwayi
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Lake Store Sandungen areaLake
AskerMunicipality
AkershusCounty
NorwayCountry

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Synchysite, etc.

Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norway
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Anatase

Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norway
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Anatase

Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norway
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Synchysite, etc.

Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norway
09397320017272034339068.jpg
Anatase

Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norway
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Anatase

Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norway
09536390017272034323273.jpg
Synchysite, etc.

Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norway
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Anatase

Lake Store Sandungen area, Asker, Akershus, Norway
Type:
Lake
Mindat Locality ID:
14366
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:14366:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Sandungen
Other Languages:
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French:
Lac de Sandungen, Asker, Akershus, Norvège
German:
Sandungen, Asker, Akershus, Norwegen
Norwegian:
Sandungen, Asker, Akershus, Norge
Egyptian Arabic:
بحيره ساندونجين, النرويج
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Sandungen i Oslo, Asker, Akershus fylke, Noreg
Turkish:
Sandungen, Asker, Akershus, Norveç


Micro crystals in small gas amygdales in a Permian rhombic porphyry lava (Flow RP2b) near the lake (Store)Sandungen.

Note to mineral list: Intimate syntactic intergrowths of polycrystals of "parisite" and "synchysite" has been reported from this locality. The species are probably parisite-(Ce) and synchysite-(Ce) (not confirmed).

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3 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘAnatase4.DD.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘAlbite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘvar. Andesine ?9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Unclassified
ⓘ'Parisite'-Ca(Ce/La/Nd/REE)2(CO3)3F2
ⓘ'Synchysite'-Ca(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
Cⓘ ParisiteCa(Ce/La/Nd/REE)2(CO3)3F2
Cⓘ SynchysiteCa(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F
OOxygen
Oⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oⓘ AnataseTiO2
Oⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ParisiteCa(Ce/La/Nd/REE)2(CO3)3F2
Oⓘ SynchysiteCa(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F
FFluorine
Fⓘ ParisiteCa(Ce/La/Nd/REE)2(CO3)3F2
Fⓘ SynchysiteCa(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F
NaSodium
Naⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
AlAluminium
Alⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
SiSilicon
Siⓘ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Caⓘ ParisiteCa(Ce/La/Nd/REE)2(CO3)3F2
Caⓘ SynchysiteCa(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ AnataseTiO2
YYttrium
Yⓘ SynchysiteCa(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F
LaLanthanum
Laⓘ ParisiteCa(Ce/La/Nd/REE)2(CO3)3F2
CeCerium
Ceⓘ ParisiteCa(Ce/La/Nd/REE)2(CO3)3F2
Ceⓘ SynchysiteCa(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F
NdNeodymium
Ndⓘ ParisiteCa(Ce/La/Nd/REE)2(CO3)3F2
Ndⓘ SynchysiteCa(Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)2F

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandungen
Wikidata ID:Q11222967
GeoNames ID:3140223


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References

foreninger.uio.no (n.d.) http://foreninger.uio.no/ngf/ngt/pdfs/NGT_49_3_227-239.pdf
www.nags.net (n.d.) http://www.nags.net/stein/1993/Synchisitt-Norge.pdf
Gunnar Raade (1969) Cavity minerals from the Permian biotite granite at Nedre Eiker Church. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift [Norwegian Journal of Geology], 49 (3) 227-239 p.237 - with a brief notice on the find of polycrystals of synchysite and parisite at Sandungen
Werner, Ronald (1993) Om synchisitt i Norge. STEIN. Nordisk magasin for populær geologi, 20 (4) 221-226
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