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Mineral's found in Oppdal

NEW´S 1996

·  Babingtonite; Ca2(Fe2+,Mn2+)Fe3+[Si5O14(OH)]. Found by Randi Rise.

·  Tenorite; CuO. Found by Randi and Sigmund Rise on the Dovrefjell mountain in hydrotermal veins together with Chrysocoll and colorless, white and blue Opal.

NEW´S 1997

Uvite; CaMg3(Al5Mg)[(OH)4/(BO3)3]. Found by Ove Karlsvik on Vakkerlien.

Hellyerite; Ni[CO3]*6H2O. Found by Sigmund Rise on Vakkerlien.

NEW´S 1998

Devilline; CaCu(SO4)2(OH)6*3H2O. Found by Sigmund Rise on Svarthaugen together with Malakitt and Azuritt.

NEW´S 1999

Posnjakite; Cu4[(OH)6|SO4] * H2O. Found by Ove Karlsvik in an old kobbermine on Svarthaugen together with Malakitt, Azuritt and Devilline.

Tinzenite; (Ca,Mn2+)2(Mn2+,Fe2+)(Al,Mn3+)2[BO3(OH)|Si4O12]. Found by Harald Taagvold in an Serpentinitt in Storlidalen.

Plancheite. Cu8[(OH)2|Si4O11]2 * H2O Found by Sigmund Rise together with Bornitt in Åmotsdalen.

Buttgenbachite. Cu19[Cl4|(OH)32|(NO3)2] * 2H2O Found by Sigmund Rise together with Bornitt in Åmotsdalen.

Bilinite. Fe2+Fe2 3+[SO4]4 * 22H2O Found by Harald Taagvold together with Slavikitt in Ørnhammeren.

Bonattite. Cu[SO4] * 3H2O Found by Ove Karlsvik together with Kobberkis near Hjerkinn .

List of mineral`s we have found!

·  Aktinolite, Albite, Allanite, Almandine, Andesite, Andradite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Anthophylite, Antigoritt, Aragonite, Arsenopyrite, Artinite, Azurite, Babingtonite, Barite, Baumite, Beryllium, Bilinite, Biotite, Bonattite, Bornite, Brochantite, Brucite, Buttgenbachite, Calcite, Carbonat-Fluorapatite, Chabazite, Chalcopyrite, Chalcocite, Chloritoid, Chromite, Chrysocoll, Clinochrysotile, Clinoclore (Kämmererite), Copper, Covellin, Clinozoisite, Cummingtonite, Davidite, Devilline, Digenite, Diopsid, Djurleite, Dolomite, Dravite, Enstatite, Epidote, Euxenite, Ferro-Axinite, Fluorapatite, Fluorapophyllite, Fluorite, Forsterite, Gadolinite, Gahnite, Galenite, Gypsum, Goethite, Graphite, Grossular (Hessonite), Grünerite, Gold, Harmotome, Heulandite, Hematite, Hessite, Hexahydrite, Hornblende, Hydroksylapatite, Hydromagnesite, Idaite, Ilmenite, Kyanite, Laumontite, Limonite, Lizardite, Magnesite, Magnetite, Malachite, Microcline (Amazonite), Monazite, Montmorrillonite, Muscovite (Alurgite, Fuchsite, Sericite), Natrolite, Nesquehonite, New Mineral, Oligoklase, Orthoklase, Opal (Hyalite), Paragonite, Pargasite, Phlogopite, Posnjakite, Piemontite, Plancheite, Palygorskite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite (Dendrite), Pyrrhotite, Quarts (rock-krystall, Jaspis, smoke-Quarts), Riebeckite, Rutil (Sagenite), Scolecite, Schörl, Slavikite, Spessartine, Staurolite, Stellerite, Stilbite, Talc, Teineite, Tenorite, Tinzenite, Titanite, Tremolite, Uraninite, Uvarovite, Uvite – Feruvite, Vesuvianite, Vermiculite, Zirkon, Zoisite (Thulite).

More information about the minerals

New mineral and Teineite