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Acanthite from
Svenningdalen Mines, Svenningdalen, Grane, Nordland, Norway


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Comments:Vogt (1900) mention reports of find of acanthite from Svenningsdalen, but could not confirm it. Confirmed by Raade (1993).
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Svenningdalen Mines, Svenningdalen, Grane, Nordland, Norway
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:180275
Long-form Identifier:1:3:180275:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Acanthite in this Region
Øvre Hjortskarmo Mine, Svenningdalen Mines, Svenningdalen, Grane, Nordland, Norway
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘBleikvassli Mine, Bleikvasslia, Hemnes, Nordland, Norway
71.8km (44.6 miles) ⓘStekenjokk, Vilhelmina, Västerbotten County, Sweden
References
Vogt, J. H. L. (1900) Svenningdalens sølvertsgange (I Vefsen, søndre del af Nordlands amt) [Svenningdalen's silver ore veins (In Vefsen, southern part of Nordland county)], in Søndre Helgeland. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 29, 113-149
Neumann, Henrich (1985) Norges Mineraler [The Minerals of Norway]. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter Vol. 68. Universitetsforlaget p.15
Raade, Gunnar (1993) Achantite and tetrahedrite from Svenningdalen. Mineralogisk-Geologisk Museum - Universitetet i Oslo - Interne notater, Geologisk Museums venner. 176
 
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