The mountain plateau called Hardangervidda covers an area that is divided by 3 counties (fylker): Hordaland, Telemark and Buskerud. Most of it belongs to the Hardangervidda National Park. Hardangervidda, especially the western part which belongs to the Hordaland County, is famous for producing good specimens of anatase and quartz. This area is again divided between 3 municipalities: Eidfjord, Ullensvang and Odda.
Several small quartz producing localities (alpine clefts), a few also with anatase are known from this area.
The localities that has produced most specimens has been Matskorhæ , now protected and Dyrfonni
(NOTE: Some of the known localities of anatase and quartz are located inside the Hardangervidda National Park, and collecting and removing minerals are strictly forbidden.
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References
- Eldjarn, K. (1977): Kvartsforekomster på Hardangervidda. Geologiske observasjoner fra en amatørgeologisk ekspedisjon august 1977. NAGS-nytt 4 (3): 16-20
- Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p 75.
- Nordrum, F.S. (1999): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 1998-1999. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 15: 87-90.
- Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse (NGU) rapport nr 99.110.
- Nordrum, F.S. (2003): Nyfunn av mineraler i Norge 2002-2003. Stein 30 (2):4-10 [on a find of anatase]
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