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Bastnäs

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Bastnäs (Swedish: Bastnäs or Bastnäsfältet) is an ore-field in Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden. The mines in Bastnäs were earliest mentioned in 1692.

The New mine of Bastnäs
Swedish: Nya Bastnässtollen

In 1803 the chemical element cerium was discovered in Bastnäs by Jöns Jakob Berzelius and Wilhelm Hisinger.

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