This is a “short” overview of my year 2008, concerning collecting. With collecting I’m kind of hung up on field collecting, but I try to get in a word or two about shows and other related stuff. The ending of 2007 was extremely promising ...
This Friday I went to Kristiansand and Sørlandets Geologiforening (Sørlandet Geology society) to speak, and being on those parts of the country was of course used to do some collecting the day after, on Saturday 15. I stayed over at Harald ...
Like it have happened a couple of times this autumn, today’s trip result was based on a trip with friends ending up in a pegmatite I’ve walked past numerous times, and the only thing I’ve taken from it in the previous times are some fluorites ...
The hambergite days started four weeks ago, at a trip to AS Granite quarry together with Knut Edvard Larsen, the 21. October to be precise. We went up to the quarry to check numerous rumours of large natrolite pockets, with yellow apophyllite. ...
Last Tuesday I was invited out on an evening gathering with Dr. Wilfried Steffens and Svein Arne Berge, in A/S Granite quarry, Tuften, Tvedalen. Such an invitation is just impossible to say no to! Well I found them up at level 1 (se my article), ...
It’s been far too long since last blog entry from me, I know… I had a great plan early this week to start writing something about what have happened this summer, and also in spring, lots of things have missed my blog. But my plans where ...
Spring is absolutely the busiest time of the year for me, and the most wonderful, and I’m not thinking about mathematic examinations. Not really on mineral collecting either. Last year it was pretty good in Tvedalen these days, so then it was, but ...
Not really the 10th Tvedalen blog report, but it’s the 10th time Tvedalen trips have been blogged. I think… Was out in the wonderful weather today, eating dust. Have been wonderful weather here for a week now, since last blog. But the ...
I finally got out collecting again yesterday! Been weeks since last trip out. I must admit I had a trip to Tvedalen three weeks ago, without reposting, but there where absolutely nothing to find and I forgot my camera… I had a road cut stop before ...
Because of studies in Oslo on Friday and Saturday last weekend, I didn’t get out collecting. But the weekend wasn’t a complete waste of time! Of course I learned something new at my math-study, but the real reward was resulted by going to ...
Went to Tvedalen, and started this time the walk up to A/S Monzonite, or Vevja 2 as we prefer to call the quarry. I see that I need to add this quarry to Mindat… There was nothing to find, neither in the quarry nor on the dumps, so I headed ...
Saturday trip to Sagåsen and Tvedalen Had to get out in the wonderful weather, was about 19C in the sun. First stop was Sagåsen, to see if there was anything left from the blast 2 weeks ago. Of course everything was gone, and taking the ...
Mule Varde micromount symposium 2008 Last weekend I arranged the second Mule Varde micromount symposium, with help from my local geological society, and just like last year it became a success. It was even better, because more collectors came ...
I must admit that I’ve been lazy these first weeks of the New Year. No blogging and only one trip out to collect beside today’s trip… Shame on me… But here I go again, and not to disappoint the fans ;-) I’ll start with the first trip this ...
Went to A/S Granite today, and what a day it became! I started to check out some large blocks of larvikite at level 4, found some cavities with natrolite on analcime and feldspar. On a few of them there were groups of bright yellow calcite ...
Last trip to Tvedalen before the Christmas celebration, but for sure not the last trip during the holyday! They had blasted a lot since last time I visited the Tuften Quarry (A/S Granit). Also some areas rich in pegmatite, but the ice that ...
Zillions of crystals... Finally got myself down to Sagåsen and Tvedalen today, been a while since last time now… The weather was nice, but cold, was about -6C when I left home. Got a little “warmer” during the day, but… Anyway it was an ...
A day at the museum Since I was in Oslo for some studies this weekend, I had to visit the Geological Museum, not because of the studies, the museum trip was just for joy. And on high time, it must be almost 20 years since last time I visited the ...
A middle of the week… catching up thing… Was a trip out last weekend as usual, not to Tvedalen this time, but still to a couple of larvikite quarries; Malerød and Vardåsen. But just like in Tvedalen, nothing exiting to tell about. I went ...
Today’s trip went to Tvedalen and I visited four of the quarries. Started with Tuften (A/S Granit), continued to Johs Nilsens, to Arent and at last Østskogen quarry. I came home only with fresh air in my lungs. Weather was nice, but nothing ...
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