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Skuleboda (Swedish: Skuleboda kvartsfältspatbrott) was a quartz and feldspar mine near Vänersborg, in western Sweden. Mining at Skuleboda begun in 1927, then halted the same year and continued again from 1931 to 1934.[1] The mined deposit is a pegmatite with a length of 45 m and a maximum width of 10 m.[1] It contains amazonite feldspar.[1] Rare occurrences of yttrotantalite has been found in the mined pegmatite.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lundegårdh, Per H. (1971). Nyttosten i Sverige (in Swedish). Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 21.