norway
Europe, 385,207 km²
Capital: Oslo
1 specimen in collection
Notable mining localities
Principal mineralogical sites associated with collector specimens. Yellow dot indicates an endemic species, found exclusively or in world-class quality at this locality.
  • Kongsberg Buskerud endemic
    Native Silver in wires and sheets, Electrum, Acanthite, Dyscrasite, Pyrargyrite, Calcite, Fluorite, worked from 1623, shafts down to 1,070 m
  • Langesundsfjord Vestfold endemic
    Lavenite (named after the island of Laven), Wohlerite, Catapleiite, Aegirine, Zircon, Nepheline, rare species of the nepheline syenite pegmatites
  • Evje-Iveland Agder endemic
    Thortveitite (type locality at Iveland), Beryl, Smoky Quartz, Gadolinite-(Y), Monazite-(Ce), Allanite-(Ce), Euxenite, Columbite, scandium-rich NYF pegmatites
  • Skuterud (Modum) Buskerud endemic
    Skutterudite (type locality), Erythrite, cobalt mines worked from 1776 to 1898, the main source of cobalt blue pigment in Europe
  • Odegardens Verk Telemark
    Apatite, Enstatite, Phlogopite, Scapolite, Dahllite (named from here), veins in scapolitized metagabbro, mined 1872 to 1926
  • Kragero Telemark
    Rutile, Hematite, Ilmenite, rutile-bearing rocks of the Bamble belt described as kragerite in 1912
Notable locality    Endemic or exclusive world-class locality
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