Fen (Record #28) rare-earth element deposit in Norway

Carbonatite rare earth element deposit in , Norway

Commission for Geological Map of the World, 1972, Carte métallogénique de lEurope; Liste de gites mineraux, feuille 2: Europe N (Stockholm): Bureau de Recherche Géologiques et Minières and United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, 16 p.

Deposit type	Carbonatite
REE minerals	monazite synchysite parisite bastnäsite
Ore minerals	hematite pyrochlore apatite magnetite thorium fluorite zircon barite
Gangue minerals	calcite tremolite mica topaz zoisite
Host rock types	ankerite carbonatite hematite-rich carbonatite

Geologic map unit	9.2833333333333, 59.283333333333
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Status	Past Nb-Fe producer; REE occurrence

Past production of Fe and Nb. REE are highest in rodberg that is red from finely dispersed hematite.

Bugge, J.A.W., 1978, Norway, in Bowie, S.H.U., Kvalheim, A., and Haslam, H.W., eds., Mineral deposits of Europe, volume1: Northwest Europe: London, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and The Mineralogical Society, p. 199-249.
O'Driscoll, Mike, 1995, Opportunity knocks in Norway: Industrial Minerals, no. 333, p. 71-73.
Wall, F., and Mariano, A.N., 1996, Rare earth mienrals in carbonatites: a discussion centred on the Kangankunde Carbonatite, Malawi, in Jones, A.P.,