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Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norwayi
Regional Level Types
VestfossenVillage
Øvre EikerMunicipality
BuskerudCounty
NorwayCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
59° 43' 47'' North , 9° 52' 11'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
59.72972,9.86972
GRN:
N40E04
Type:
Village
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Kongsberg17,667 (2017)14.1km
Svene296 (2013)17.7km
Drammen90,722 (2018)18.8km
Hillestad302 (2010)19.9km
Skoger1,082 (2013)21.6km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Buskerud GeologiforeningSolbergelva12km
Vestfold GeologiforeningHolmestrand37km
Mindat Locality ID:
51152
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:51152:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norvège
Norwegian:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norge
Russian:
Вестфоссен, Эвре-Эйкер, Бускеруд, Норвегия
Simplified Chinese:
维斯特富森, 上埃伊克爾, 布斯克吕郡, 挪威
Spanish:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Noruega
Arabic:
فستفوسن, أوفرئ إيكر , بوسكرود, النرويج
Bulgarian:
Вестфосен, Бюскерю, Норвегия
Danish:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norge
Dutch:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Noorwegen
Javanese:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Norwégia
Malay:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud fylke, Noreg
Romanian:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norvegia
Swedish:
Vestfossen, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud fylke, Norge


Neumann (1985) reports a find of rozenite from an unspecified locality in the village of Vestfossen.
The coordinates are for the villlage.

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Rozenite
Formula: FeSO4 · 4H2O
Description: Rozenite was found by Raade at a locality south of Vestfossen with no further information on the locality.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘRozenite7.CB.15FeSO4 · 4H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O
FeIron
Feⓘ RozeniteFeSO4 · 4H2O

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestfossen
Wikidata ID:Q2257788
GeoNames ID:3132014

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
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Norway
ScandinaviaRegion

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References

Neumann, Henrich (1985) Norges Mineraler [The Minerals of Norway]. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter Vol. 68. Universitetsforlaget p.108
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