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Andradite from
Vågsnes Mines, Tromøy, Arendal, Agder, Norway


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Andradite
Formula:Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3
Comments:Scheerer (1845) mention colophonite from this mine. Colophonite is used for a coarsely granular variety of brown, yellow-orange or reddish garnet, mostly andradite. At the mine a 20 foot wide layer of colophonite was worked for flux used in the smalting process of the iron ore. It has later been showed that this colophonite layer does not consist of andradite/ garnet as thought but in fact vesuvianite (Neumann 1985).
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andradite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vågsnes Mines, Tromøy, Arendal, Agder, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1657366
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1657366:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Andradite
3.4km (2.1 miles) ⓘEydehavn, Stokken, Arendal, Agder, Norway
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘHaugereid Mine, Arendal, Agder, Norway
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘLangsæv Mine, Steinsås, Barbudalen, Arendal, Agder, Norway
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘBarbu Iron Mine, Steinsås, Barbudalen, Arendal, Agder, Norway
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘTorbjørnsbu Mine, Barbudalen, Arendal, Agder, Norway
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘStoa, Arendal, Agder, Norway
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘIndustritoppen, Stoa, Arendal, Agder, Norway
70.1km (43.6 miles) ⓘTrosby, Bamble, Telemark, Norway
80.8km (50.2 miles) ⓘZircon prospect, Stokkøya, Larvik Commune, Vestfold, Norway
86.8km (53.9 miles) ⓘVevja 2 Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik Commune, Vestfold, Norway
References
Scheerer, Th. (1845) Geognostisk-mineralogiske Skizzer, samlede paa en Reise i Sommeren 1842 [Geognostic-mineralogical Sketches collected during a travel in the Summer of 1842 ]. Nyt magazin for naturvidenskaberne [New magazine for the natural sciences], 4. 126-164
Neumann, Henrich (1985) Norges Mineraler [The Minerals of Norway]. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter Vol. 68. Universitetsforlaget
 
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