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Tvedalen Quarries, Norway

Mineral locality Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: zircon, catapleiite, aegirine, thorite, feldspar.

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: syenite pegmatite pockets in larvikite

Tvedalen quarries are documented on mindat for rare silicate species.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Quarry faces, machinery

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