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Lévyne from
Northwest of Snøhetta Mountain, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway


Locality type:Mountain Area
Classification
Species:'Lévyne' (not an IMA approved species)
Comments:Possible stilbite.
A sample of an unknown zeolite was found the 9.08.2001 by Ove Karlsvik, a Norwegian collector. It was analyzed as levyn by T. Kerestdjian, Bulgaria 3.08.2002. How the analysis were done is not known (pers. communication from Ove Karlsvik to Knut Edvard Larsen 6.08.2002, cfr Larsen (2003).

However visual examination of the zeolite does not shows the morphology of levyn, but points more to stilbite. The geological encvironment also makes the identification of levyn suspicious. Later it was also showed to be a misidentification, cfr Kvamsdal (2023)
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Lévyne data
Locality Data:Click here to view Northwest of Snøhetta Mountain, Oppdal, Trøndelag, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:692963
Long-form Identifier:1:3:692963:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Larsen, Knut Edvard (2003) Mineralspalta [Ktenasitt. Levyn. Strontianitt]. STEIN. Nordisk magasin for populær geologi, 30 (1) 20-21
Kvamsdal, Lars Olav (2023) Norges mineraler [Minerals of Norway]. Lars O. Kvamsdal. p.1-477.p.369
 
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