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Famous mineral localities: the Bastnas mines; Riddarhyttan ore field, Bergslagen district, Vastmanland, Sweden.
From:
The Mineralogical Record
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May 1, 2004| Author:
Langhof, Jogen; Nysten, Per; Ohman, Lennart
| COPYRIGHT 2004 The Mineralogical, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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The remarkable cerium occurrence in the Bastnas ore field was the first deposit ever mined for cerium, and one of the few localities in the world for cerium minerals. For a long time it was the only known locality for cerite. It is also the type locality for allanite-(Ce), bastnasite-(Ce), cerite-(Ce), lanthanite-(Ce), tornebohmite-(Ce) and linnaeite, as well as for the elements cerium and lanthanum.
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