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Giessenite from
Bjørkåsen mine, Ballangen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Giessenite
Formula:Pb27Cu2(Bi,Sb)19S57
Comments:Occur as thin needles in quartz or as elongated and irregular grains up to a few mm in size in galena and pyrrhotite.
Habit:Regulary shaped needles < 3mm in length; grains
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Giessenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bjørkåsen mine, Ballangen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:177913
Long-form Identifier:1:3:177913:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Giessenite
29.7km (18.5 miles) ⓘHundholmen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway
References
Karup-Møller, S (1973) A giessenite-cosalite-galena-bearing mineral suite from the Bjørkåsen sulphide deposit at Ofoten in northern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift [Norwegian Journal of Geology], 53 (1) 41-64
Makovicky, Emil, Karup-Møller, Sven (1986) New data on giessenite from the Bjørkåsen sulfide deposit at Otoften, northern Norway. The Canadian Mineralogist, 24 (1) 21-25
 
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