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Norway, Telemark

Langesundsfjord

Mineral locality Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: catapleiite, mosandrite) in the nepheline-syenite pegmatites of the islands.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Permian (Oslo Rift)

Classic type locality for many rare-earth-bearing syenite minerals.

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