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Andradite from
Vågsnes Mines, Tromøy, Arendal, Agder, Norway
| Locality type: | Mine | |
| Classification | ||
|---|---|---|
| Species: | Andradite | |
| Formula: | Ca3Fe23+(SiO4)3 | |
| Comments: | Scheerer (1845) mention colophonite from this mine. Colophonite is used for a coarsely granular variety of brown, yellow-orange or reddish garnet, mostly andradite. At the mine a 20 foot wide layer of colophonite was worked for flux used in the smalting process of the iron ore. It has later been showed that this colophonite layer does not consist of andradite/ garnet as thought but in fact vesuvianite (Neumann 1985). | |
| Confirmation | ||
| Validity: | Erroneously Reported | |
| Data | ||
| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Andradite data | |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Vågsnes Mines, Tromøy, Arendal, Agder, Norway | |
| Data Identifiers | ||
| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1657366 | |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1657366:8 | |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 | |
| Nearest other occurrences of Andradite | ||
| 3.4km (2.1 miles) | ⓘEydehavn, Stokken, Arendal, Agder, Norway | |
| 4.4km (2.7 miles) | ⓘHaugereid Mine, Arendal, Agder, Norway | |
| 5.1km (3.2 miles) | ⓘLangsæv Mine, Steinsås, Barbudalen, Arendal, Agder, Norway | |
| 5.2km (3.2 miles) | ⓘBarbu Iron Mine, Steinsås, Barbudalen, Arendal, Agder, Norway | |
| 5.7km (3.6 miles) | ⓘTorbjørnsbu Mine, Barbudalen, Arendal, Agder, Norway | |
| 7.7km (4.8 miles) | ⓘStoa, Arendal, Agder, Norway | |
| 7.8km (4.8 miles) | ⓘIndustritoppen, Stoa, Arendal, Agder, Norway | |
| 70.1km (43.6 miles) | ⓘTrosby, Bamble, Telemark, Norway | |
| 80.8km (50.2 miles) | ⓘZircon prospect, Stokkøya, Larvik Commune, Vestfold, Norway | |
| 86.8km (53.9 miles) | ⓘVevja 2 Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik Commune, Vestfold, Norway | |
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