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Brekke, Bamble, Telemark, Norwayi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Brekke | Outcrop |
| Bamble | Municipality |
| Telemark | County |
| Norway | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
58° 59' 34'' North , 9° 38' 32'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fensfeltet Geologiforening | Ulefoss | 36km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Bräkke; Brakke; Brække
Other Languages:
Norwegian:
Brekke, Bamble, Telemark, Norge
Granitic gneiss located of the land of the Brekke farm, SW of Brevik, Telemark, Norway. Berzelius introduced the name esmarkite (in honor of the priest and mineralogist Hans Morten Thrane Esmark (1801-1882)) for a greenish colored mineral rimmed by mica found at this locality (Erdmann 1840, see more under Esmarkite (of Berzelius)). It was later showed not to be a new mineral, but a weathered cordierite. This locality was also mentioned by Weibye (1848) as a locality for anthophyllite and the now descredited "bamlite".
The coordinates are for the Brekke farm.
The coordinates are for the Brekke farm.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anthophyllite ? Formula: ◻Mg2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Clinochlore Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 References: |
| ⓘ Cordierite Formula: Mg2Al4Si5O18 References: |
| ⓘ Kyanite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Rutile Formula: TiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Scapolite' References: Collection Natural History Museum London, Photo ID: 1494450 Identification: Visual Identification |
| ⓘ Sillimanite Formula: Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Sillimanite | 9.AF.05 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ | Kyanite | 9.AF.15 | Al2(SiO4)O |
| ⓘ | Cordierite | 9.CJ.10 | Mg2Al4Si5O18 |
| ⓘ | Anthophyllite ? | 9.DD.05 | ◻Mg2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Clinochlore | 9.EC.55 | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| ⓘ | 'Scapolite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Anthophyllite | ◻Mg2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Anthophyllite | ◻Mg2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| O | ⓘ Cordierite | Mg2Al4Si5O18 |
| O | ⓘ Kyanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Anthophyllite | ◻Mg2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Mg | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Mg | ⓘ Cordierite | Mg2Al4Si5O18 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Al | ⓘ Cordierite | Mg2Al4Si5O18 |
| Al | ⓘ Kyanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Al | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Anthophyllite | ◻Mg2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 |
| Si | ⓘ Cordierite | Mg2Al4Si5O18 |
| Si | ⓘ Kyanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Sillimanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Ti | Titanium | |
| Ti | ⓘ Rutile | TiO2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
- Baltic Shield
- Sveconorwegian BeltShield
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Norway
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References
Lacroix, Alfred (1889) Contributions à l'étude des gneiss à pyroxène et des roches à wernérite. Bulletin de Minéralogie, 12 (4) 83-364 doi:10.3406/bulmi.1889.2109with a short notice on crystals of cordierite from Brekke
Brekke, Bamble, Telemark, Norway