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Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series from
Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway


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Scandium-bearing Ixiolite (of Bergstøl & Juve)

Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway
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Scandium-bearing Ixiolite (of Bergstøl & Juve)

Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway
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Scandium-bearing Ixiolite (of Bergstøl & Juve)

Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway
Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:'Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:up to 18,80 wt % Sc2O is reported. As up to 5mm large, black shiny cristals with a brownish tint.
Habit:The outline of the crystals being often rectangular or even square.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series data
Locality Data:Click here to view Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1000704
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1000704:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series
2.0km (1.2 miles) ⓘSkarsfjell pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway
References
Bergstøl, S., Juve, Gunnar (1988) Scandian ixiolite, pyrochlore and bazzite in granite pegmatite in Tørdal, Telemark, Norway. A contribution to the mineralogy and geochemistry of scandium and tin. Mineralogy and Petrology, 38 (4) 229-243 doi:10.1007/bf01167090
Raade, Gunnar, Kristiansen, Roy (2000) Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Heftetjern granite pegmatite, Tørdal: a progress report. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 17. 19-25
Pieczka, Adam, Kristiansen, Roy, Stachowicz, Marcin, Dumańska-Słowik, Magdalena, Gołębiowska, Bożena, Sęk, Mateusz P., Nejbert, Krzysztof, Kotowski, Jakub, Marciniak-Maliszewska, Beata, Szuszkiewicz, Adam, et al. (2024) Heflikite, ideally Ca2(Al2Sc)(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH), the first scandium epidote-supergroup mineral from Jordanów Śląski, Lower Silesia, Poland and from Heftetjern, Tørdal, Norway. Mineralogical Magazine, 88 (3). 228-243 doi:10.1180/mgm.2023.98
 
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