Bastnäs
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bastnäs mines
thumb|right|250px|The New mine of BastnäsSwedish language|Swedish: Nya Bastnässtollen Bastnäs ( or ) is an ore field near Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden. The mines in Bastnäs were earliest mentioned in 1692. Iron, copper and rare-earth elements were extracted from the mines and 4,500 tons of cerium was produced between 1875 and 1888.
Wikidata facts
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Bastnäs
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Article
3 sectionsContents
- Gallery
- References
- External links
thumb|right|250px|The New mine of BastnäsSwedish language|Swedish: Nya Bastnässtollen Bastnäs ( or ) is an ore field near Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden. The mines in Bastnäs were earliest mentioned in 1692. Iron, copper and rare-earth elements were extracted from the mines and 4,500 tons of cerium was produced between 1875 and 1888.
The chemical element cerium was first discovered in Bastnäs in 1803 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius and Wilhelm Hisinger in the form of its oxide, ceria, and independently in Germany by Martin Heinrich Klaproth. Lanthanum was also first discovered in minerals from Bastnäs in 1839 by Carl Gustav Mosander. The mineral bastnäsite is named after Bastnäs.
On the map
2 mapped locations