Matskorhæ (Grisebingen), Ullensvang statsalmenning, Odda kommune, Hardangervidda, Hordaland fylke, Norge
This famous site for anatase crystals on quartz crystals is protected as a natural site and collecting is strictly forbidden. Clusters of transparent
quartz crystals dusted with blue-black bipyramidal, sharp 5-10 mm large
anatase crystals were typical specimens found at this site especially in the 1970s. The localitity is today considered exploited. It is located near Mt. Matskorhæ, east of the Ringedalsvatnet Lake, outside the border of the Hardangervidda National Park. It is also located within the Ullensvang Statsalmenning (statsalmenning = a government forest and mountain common land with certain laws and rules for the use of the land). The area covered by the Ullensvang statsalmenning is divided by both Ullensvang and Odda municipalities (kommuner), and Matskorhæ is located within the Odda municipality (and not in the Ullensvang municipality). It was nicknamed "Grisebingen" (= the pig pen) by norwegian collectors, due to the dirty working conditions at the locality.:
Some specimens has been labelled " Matskorhæ, Ullensvang, Hardangervidda".
Ullensvang is here refering to the Statsalmenning, and not the municipality (kommune)
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References
- Dons, J. (1974): Antatasforekomsten er fredet! NAGS-nytt nr 4, 15-16
- Griffin, W. L., Garmo, T., Løvenskiold, H., og Palmstrøm, A. (1977): Anatase from Norway. Mineralogical Record: 8: 266-271.
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