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Norway, Telemark

Bamble (Bjordammen), Norway

Mineral locality Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: rutile, apatite, enstatite, anthophyllite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: metamorphic amphibolite mineral veins

Bamble district is the type locality for several species and well documented.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Overgrown pits, unstable ground

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