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Almandine-Spessartine Series from
Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway


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Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
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Almandine-Spessartine Series, etc.

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
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Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
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Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
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Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
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Almandine-Spessartine Series, etc.

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
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Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
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Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
00779880017272034697447.jpg
Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
02719220017272034706381.jpg
Almandine-Spessartine Series, etc.

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
04782710017272034714098.jpg
Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
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Almandine-Spessartine Series

Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:'Almandine-Spessartine Series' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Garnets from the nearby Frøyså 3 quarry has been analyzed and found to be a spessartine with a significant almandine content(Larsen 1980). No analysis has been done on garnets from Frøyså 1
Habit:Dark crystals with high lustre. Size up to minimum 4 cm. The garnets are found in feldspar, smokey quartz and inbetween biotite sheets. The latter ones are normally flattened.
Quality for species:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine-Spessartine Series data
Locality Data:Click here to view Frøyså 01 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Photo GalleryView Gallery (5 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:540691
Long-form Identifier:1:3:540691:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Almandine-Spessartine Series
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘFrøyså 04 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘFrøyså 06 Feldspar Quarry, Frøyså, Iveland, Agder, Norway
0.5km (0.3 miles) ⓘDalane 2 Feldspar Quarry (Bjarne Dalane's Gruve), Dalane, Iveland, Agder, Norway
1.2km (0.8 miles) ⓘTveit 02 Feldspar Quarry (Varmekrekken), Tveit, Iveland, Agder, Norway
1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘRossås 05 Feldspar Quarry, Rossås, Iveland, Agder, Norway
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘRossås, Iveland, Agder, Norway
3.0km (1.8 miles) ⓘRossås 02 Feldspar Quarry, Rossås, Iveland, Agder, Norway
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘRossås 04 Feldspar Quarry, Rossås, Iveland, Agder, Norway
3.2km (2.0 miles) ⓘIvedal 1 Feldspar Prospect, Ivedal, Iveland, Agder, Norway
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘHiltveit 01 Feldspar Quarry (Grasdalen), Hiltveit, Iveland, Agder, Norway
References
Bjørlykke, Knut (1935) The mineral paragenesis and classification of the granite pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift [Norwegian Journal of Geology], 14 (3-4). 211-311
 
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