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Quartz from
Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden


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Chalcedony, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
08401680017365037815249.jpg
Chalcedony, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
07198190017365037811001.jpg
Chalcedony, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
08401680017365037815249.jpg
Chalcedony, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
07198190017365037811001.jpg
Chalcedony, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
08401680017365037815249.jpg
Chalcedony, etc.

Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite6
Quartz2
- var Chalcedony2
Pyrite2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aitik Mine, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:613220
Long-form Identifier:1:3:613220:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘSalmijärvi, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘLiikavaara East, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
9.7km (6.1 miles) ⓘFridhem Mine, Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
13.3km (8.3 miles) ⓘNautanen Mine, Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘNautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
13.9km (8.6 miles) ⓘNautanen North deposit, Nautanen, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘMalmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
18.4km (11.4 miles) ⓘKung Oskar mine, Malmberget, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
25.6km (15.9 miles) ⓘSuorravaara, Leipojärvi, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘRappukoski, Junosuando, Pajala, Norrbotten County, Sweden
References
33 IGC excursion No 15, August 15th – 21st 2008
Knipfer, S., Nordin, R., Wasström, A., Höglund, S., Joslin, G., & Wanhainen, C. The Aitik porphyry Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) deposit in Sweden.
Kontturi, Monika; Martinsson, Olof - Ed. (2000) Gold in the Aitik Cu-Au deposit, Gellivare area, Northern Sweden, in Abstract volume & Field trip guidebook. 2nd annual GEODE-Fennoscandian shield field workshop on Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean greenstone belts and VMS districts in the Fennoscandian Shield 28 August to 1 September, 2000, Gällivare-Kiruna, Sweden. Research Report 2000:6, Luleå University of Technology. 22
Wanhainen, C.; Martinsson, Olof (2000) The Aitik Cu-Au deposit, Gellivare area, northern Sweden, in Abstract volume & Field trip guidebook. 2nd annual GEODE-Fennoscandian shield field workshop on Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean greenstone belts and VMS districts in the Fennoscandian Shield 28 August to 1 September, 2000, Gällivare-Kiruna, Sweden. Research Report 2000:6, Luleå University of Technology. 59-60
Eilu, Pasi (2003) Exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Fennoscandian Exploration and Mining. Rovaniemi.
Sammelin (Kontturi), Monika, Wanhainen, Christina, Martinsson, Olof (2011) Gold mineralogy at the Aitik Cu–Au–Ag deposit, Gällivare area, northern Sweden. GFF, 133 (1) 19-30 doi:10.1080/11035897.2010.551542
Fengxiang Wang, Fengjun Nie, Weibo Zhang, Yi Cao, and Chengwu Ding (2013): Mineral Deposits 32(5), 1068-1071
Drejing-Carroll, David, Hitzman, Murray W., Coller, David (2023) Geology of the Nautanen North Cu-Au-Ag-(Mo) Deposit, Norrbotten, Sweden. Economic Geology, 118 (8) 1765-1794 doi:10.5382/econgeo.5019
 
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