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Talc from
Vestre Kjørstad II Quarry, Kjørstad, Bamble, Telemark, Norway


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Talc
Formula:Mg3Si4O10(OH)2
Comments:What was described by Andersen (1931) was later showed to be montmorilloniote (Larsen 2025).
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Talc data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vestre Kjørstad II Quarry, Kjørstad, Bamble, Telemark, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:650496
Long-form Identifier:1:3:650496:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Talc
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘØdegården apatite mines, Bamble, Telemark, Norway
6.2km (3.9 miles) ⓘEssedumpa, Bamble, Telemark, Norway
6.7km (4.2 miles) ⓘBergbakken Adit, Langøy Iron Mines, Langøy, Kragerø Archipelago, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘLøkken apatite mine, Fugleheia, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘRavneberget Quarry, Søndeled, Risør, Agder, Norway
51.5km (32.0 miles) ⓘSolbutjernane, Tvedestrand, Agder, Norway
66.4km (41.3 miles) ⓘNeskilen Mines, Arendal, Agder, Norway
88.8km (55.2 miles) ⓘBremsåsen mine, Mjøndalen, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
References
Andersen, Olaf (1931) Feltspat II. Forekomster i fylkene Buskerud og Telemark, i flere herreder i Aust-Agder og i Hidra i Vest-Agder [Feldspar II. Occurrences in the counties of Buskerud and Telemark, in several counties in Aust-Agder and in Hidra in Vest-Agder], in Feltspat II. Feltspat III. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 128b, 1-109 pp.13-14
Larsen, Alf Olav (2025) Pegmatittbrudd i Telemark [Pegmatite quarries in Telemark]. Alf Olav Larsen. p.1-212.p.28
 
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