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Silver from
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway


Locality type:Municipality
Classification
Species:Silver
Formula:Ag
Formation:Primary
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Significance:Significant commercial deposit of this mineral.
Abundance at site:Common
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Acanthite12 photos of Silver associated with Acanthite at this locality.
Calcite10 photos of Silver associated with Calcite at this locality.
Dyscrasite4 photos of Silver associated with Dyscrasite at this locality.
Pyrargyrite4 photos of Silver associated with Pyrargyrite at this locality.
Quartz4 photos of Silver associated with Quartz at this locality.
Fluorite3 photos of Silver associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Argentopyrite2 photos of Silver associated with Argentopyrite at this locality.
Sphalerite1 photo of Silver associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Silver associated with Galena at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Silver data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:985135
Long-form Identifier:1:3:985135:1
GUID (UUID V4):d2e1d779-0c42-4c99-824f-e771b67b7ba8
Localities for Silver in this Region
Barlinddalen Mines, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Frederik IV Mine, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Christian VII Mine, Helgevannet Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Helgevann 8 Mine, Helgevannet Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Jonsknute prospects, Jonsknuten, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Knutehovet Mine, Knutehovet Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Ollebak Prospect, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Armen Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Christian 7th Southern Adit (Saggrenda), Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Dronning Louisa Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Egebjörn Prospect, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Else Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Fortuna Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Fredrik 5th Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Gabe Gottes Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Gamle Justis Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Gott Bescheret Ertz Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Gottes Hülfe in der Noth Mine (Gottes Hülfe Mine), Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Gud med Kronprinsen Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Haus Oldenburg Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Haus Sachsen Mine, Haus Sachsen, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Kongens Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Kronprins Frederiks Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Kronprinsens Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Mildigkeit Gottes Mine (Mildigkeit Mine), Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Prins Carl Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Siebenbrüder Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Willen Gottes Mine, Overberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Rosengangen Mine, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Beständige Liebe Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Blygangen Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Braunschweig Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Charlotte Amalie Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Commissarienes Mine (Commisarien), Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Der Gleichen Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Fader Adam Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Figenbom Prospect, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Gamle Segen Gottes Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Gott allein die Ehre Prospect, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Hannibal Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Hellig Trefoldighet Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Herzog Ulrich Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Juels Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Northern Concordia Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Oprindelsen, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Prinsen av Augustenborg Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Reichenrost Prospects, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
Samuel Mine, Underberget Mining Field, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Ag-Sb bearing minerals from the Kongsberg Silver Deposit, Buskerud, Norway Kåre Kullerud1, Jana Kotková2...Norwegian Mining Museum, P.O. Box 18, N-3602 Kongsberg (kare.kullerud@bvm.no) Czech Geological Survey...cz) 2 Introduction The historical silver mines at Kongsberg, Norway, were operative more or less continuously...are world-famous for spectacular samples of wire silver exhibited in numerous mineralogical museums around...Knowledge of the compositional variations of native silver and other minerals from the deposit is limited
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kongsberg mineralsymposium 2001. Norsk Bergverksmuseum Skrift, 18: 42-45 En kort geologisk oversikt...oversikt over Kongsberg ertsdistrikt Fred Steinar Nordrum & Peter Bancroft Et stort antall artikler er skrevet...skrevet om Kongsberg ertsdistrikt, siden den aller første, i 1631. De mest markante arbeidene i geologi har...oversikt over tidligere geologisk litteratur om Kongsberg, men mye ny informasjon har kommet til de siste...Vertsbergarter Geologisk tilhører Kongsberg ertsdistrikt Kongsberg sektor av det prekambrisk område i
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143–153 Heulandite-Ba, a new zeolite species from Norway ALF OLAV LARSEN1, FRED STEINAR NORDRUM2, NICOLA...Centre Porsgrunn, P. O. Box 2560, N-3907 Porsgrunn, Norway Corresponding author, e-mail: alf.olav.larsen@hydro...2Norwegian Mining Museum, P. O. Box 18, N-3602 Kongsberg, Norway 3Laboratorium für chemische und mineralogische...of Oslo, P. O. Box 1047 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway Abstract: Heulandite-Ba, ideally (Ba,Ca,Sr,K,Na)5Al9Si27O72·22H2O...accessory mineral in hydrothermal veins of the Kongsberg silver deposit type at the Northern Ravnås prospect
Report (issue)
Pattern: Northern Ravnås prospect, Kongsberg ore district, Norway. 2.973 (100), 3.978 (97), 7.941 (66)...99.99 (1) Northern Ravnås prospect, Kongsberg ore district, Norway; average of 14 electron microprobe...barite, chalcopyrite, fluorite, galena, sphalerite, silver, brewsterite, other heulandite-series zeolites...prospect, southern Vinoren, Kongsberg ore district, Flesberg community, Buskerud county, and from the Bratteskjerpet... and at Sjoa in Sel community, Oppland county, Norway. Name: For its chemical composition and relationship
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals of Norway - the (almost) complete inventory Gunnar Raade Preamble A monographic survey of the...the minerals of Norway (Norges Mineraler) was published by Neumann (1985), covering all minerals recorded...and synonyms. A large number of minerals new to Norway have been recorded since the book appeared. The...attempt to list all accepted mineral species from Norway, including those from Neumann (1985) and later...& Nickel 2001). Names of minerals discovered in Norway after the edition of Neumann's monograph are in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
FAHLBANDS OF IN THE SOUTHERN PRECAMBRIAN NORWAY J. B. GAMMON CONTENTS PAGE Abstract ........................................ Fahlbandsin the Kongsberg-Bamble Formation .......................... The...term is given. The natureof the fahlbandsin the Kongsberg-Bamble Formationis illustratedby brief descriptions...presentprior to the introductionof the cobaltand silver mineralizationsthat accompanythe fahlbandsat these...term was first used at the Isilver mines {n Southern Norway, where the commonlyoccurringstripes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Volume 92, January/February 2017   39 Figure 4. Silver, 23 cm, Keweenaw mining district, Houghton County... Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 9. Silver, 21.6 cm, from Kongsberg Norway. Jeff Scovil photo. Figure 10...donated by Booth in 1937 and the remarkable Kongsberg wire silver specimen, the finest in North America, purchased...contains many fine specimens of crystalline copper and silver from Upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Notable...Notable examples are a stunning mass of silver crystals (the first silver accessioned in 1930, donated by Booth);
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineralfunn på Kongsberg etter nedleggelsen av Sølvverket Fred Steinar Nordrum Sølvgruvene på Kongsberg (1623-1958)...leting etter mineraler i sølvforekomstene på Kongsberg av samlere bosatt i Norge tok til om­ kring 1970...så som Lars Gulliksen og Per H. Sælebakke fra Kongsberg og Tore Solberg og Stein Jacobsen fra Drammen...enerett til drift av sølv- og gullforekomster i Kongsberg, Flesberg og Eiker opphevet. Dermed ble ble det...grotteklatreutstyr i Drammen, og det ble holdt klatrekurs i Buskerud. Klatreaktivrteten i gruvene øket derfor betraktelig
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.com/locate/gca Fractionation of silver isotopes in native silver explained by redox reactions Ryan...Abstract Scant data exist on the silver isotope composition of native silver specimens because of the relative...of magnitude and presents 80 silver new isotope analyses from native silver originating from a diverse...oxidation of silver from natural specimens of Ag-rich sulfides and precipitation and adsorption of silver onto...solution-MnO2Ag = 0.68‰, or 0.3amu). Adsorption of silver onto the MnO2 and FeOOH did not produce as large
Catalog/List
to their true state of being. SILVER The silver mines of Norway are among the most significant in...history. The Kongsberg mining district has always been the most revered mine for silver in the world...world. Officially opened in 1623, although silver was known from the region since at least the 12th century...“through the merciful blessing of almighty God, the silver belongs to the Crown.” Both the town and the main...strength, grace and form of this thick ropey wire silver are unparalleled. The natural patina is as fine
Journal (volume)
two tourmalines from Høydalen, Tørdal, Telemark, Norway 21 Alf Olav Larsen, Radek Škoda & Arne Åsheim... Telemark, Norway 33 Tomas Husdal & Uwe Kolitsch Behoite from Høgtuva, Nordland, Norway 39 Jörgen...Ag-Sb bearing minerals from the Kongsberg Silver Deposit, Buskerud, Norway 53 Lars Roger Størseth Kompleks...Universitet i Oslo, Postboks 1172 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway (a.b.mueller@nhm.uio.no) 2 Natural History Museum...Universitet i Oslo, Postboks 1172 Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway (a.b.mueller@nhm.uio.no) 2 Natural History Museum
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALFUNN PA KONGSBERG ETTER 1970 Fred Steinar Nordru m, Norsk Bergverksmuseum, 3600 Kongsberg Sinkblende-tetraedere...Bergverksmuseum. Foto: Rainer Bode. Selvgruvene pa Kongsberg (1623-1958) er verdenskjent som mineralfunnsted...leting etter mineraler i selvforekom stene pa Kongsberg av samlere bosatt i Norge tok til omkring 1970...sa som Lars Gulliksen og Per H. Sselebakke fra Kongsberg og Tore Solberg og Stein Jacobsen fra Dramme n...eklatreutstyr i Drammen, og det ble holdt klatrekurs i Buskerud. Klatr eaktiviteten i gruvene e ket derfor betraktelig
Journal (issue)
mest ettersekte mineraler, - nem lig se lv fra Kongsberg, superstuffer med anata s i kvarts fra fjellene...we should get together and collect minerals in Norway and Sweden for a few weeks this past summer. Months...ss, a small town in the south central region of Norway and the home of the NAGS (Norwegian Amateur Geological... Here were mineral dealers and collectors from Norway, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and yes, Canada . Many...wed. Norway, as we all know, is the home of some the world's best and most sought after silver from Kongsberg
Report (issue)
Trondheim - NTH Norway S. Olerud Geological Survey of Norway Box 3006 N-7001 Trondheim Norway M. Martinsen...N-7034 Trondheim - NTH Norway F. D. Pedersen Norsk Hydro Box 200 N-1321 Stabekk Norway F. S. Nordrum The...The Norwegian Mining Museum N-3600 Kongsberg Norway H. K. Schonwandt Geological Institute University of...The most famous mining districts in Norway are Kongsberg, where silver was produced 1623-1957, and Rpros...Finnish deposits discovered during this century. In Norway, numerous deposits of pyrite and base metals were
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology S ilver was one of the first metals to silver has the highest-known reflectivity of visible light...used by humans, with records Silver crystallizes in the isometof silver mines dating back at least six...the When pure, the mineral is simply elemental silver (Ag). However, it Andean mineral theme of the 2003...excepof Au and Hg and, less commonly, tional Peruvian silver has been selected as this issue’s Connoisseur’s...Choice. Figure 1. An unusually aesthetic 8.3-cm silver As, Sb, Bi, Pt, and Cu in solid soluAdditional
Catalog/List
£95 5 NATIVE SILVER in calcite, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway. Fine dentritic silver revealed in calcite...55x46x26mm. £26 20 NATIVE SILVER, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. A 5mm silver wire from the classic German
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
twentieth century, the Erzgebirge has been mined for silver, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten, and uranium. In fact...associated with silver minerals, but when it is found with them, the usual associates are native silver and acanthite...collector about Kongsberg, Buskerud County, Norway, and the quick answer will be “Incredible silver speci- Figure...specimen, Joe Budd photo. mens!” Indeed the silver from Kongsberg is world famous, but how many know that...1987). As with the Freiberg fluorite specimens, Kongsberg fluorites are rarely offered by dealers. I have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
specimen. Figure 9. Silver with calcite, 16.6 cm high, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway. Dan and Diana Weinrich...cm across, Hardangervidda, Tyssedal, Hordaland, Norway. Jack Halpern specimen. Volume 90, January/February...Switzerland. Christophe Gobin specimen. Figure 23. Silver and galena, 7.7 cm high, Reicher Bergsegen mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geokjemisk analyse av bly-sink forekomstene i Fiskum, Buskerud Merethe Frøyland Sammendrag Den geologiske historien...av Kongsberg-forekomster ser ut til å ha fellestrekk, mens de sølviørende parageneser i Kongsberg-forekomstene...Norges økonomi og ikke minst historie. Det var på Kongsberg den første høyere utdannelse i bergfag fant sted...gjennom tidene stilt seg spørsmålene: «Hvorfor er Kongsberg-forekomstene så rike på sølv?» og «Hvor kom sølvet...hydrotermale løsninger fra Oslofeltet og avsatt på Kongsberg. Dersom Oftedals teori er riktig, må «sølvløsningene»
Catalog/List
collecting quartz in Montana, calcite in Utah, silver, galena, sphalerite, and amethyst in Creede, Colorado...ACANTHITES L Kongsberg Silver Mines — ' Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway Major Kongsberg Silver Piece. What...What a super aesthetic combination of native wire silver growing atop calcite crystals with acanthite. This...represents one of the most attractive examples from Kongsberg. At the base, there are two absolutely perfect...left. Situated in the middle is the “trunk” of the silver tree that starts at a thickness of about 1 cm and
Report (chapter)
david@holymoor.co.uk) 2B~tsum Boring AS, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway 3Building Research Establishment Ltd (BRE), Garston...and economic in applications in Scotland, Canada, Norway, and the USA. Mine water is an attractive energy...growth rate for GSHPs (%) UK Czech Republic Poland Norway Switzerland Sweden 150 350 500 650 2800 27000...low-temperature medium (e.g., groundwater at, say, 7 ~ in Norway) and transfers it to a high-temperature space-heating...3.74 26 210 64.5 51.4 10.6 <0.045 1.26 <0.007 Norway Cu-Zn sulphide mine; overflowing via adit Altiplano
Journal (issue)
. n o t e s f r o m t h e y EDITOR SILVER ISSUE Among the precious metals, gold has always...behind, however, is silver. Though today only about 2% as valuable by weight, silver was nearly on a par...discerns a warm richness to silver that all the others lack. Furthermore, silver has been found as superb...famous and in­ teresting localities for native silver. Of course there are hundreds, perhaps thousands...and plenty remain for future issues. Unlike gold, silver forms the basis for an extensive array of addi­
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
winner. Figure 9. Silver and calcite, 10.5 cm high, from Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway; Gene and Roz Meieran
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Figure 21 (above). Native silver, 2,770 grams, 16 cm long, Kongsberg, Norway. The specimen was presented...CraigK@HA.com NATIVE SILVER Kongsberg Silver Mining District, Svene, Flesberg, Buskerud, Norway Overall Measurements:
Journal (issue)
....... 177 by B. Cairncross & B. Rademeyer Kongsberg r e v isite d ..................................(Brazil), Anjanabonoina (Madagascar), Port Radium Silver (Canada) $10 v.20/#5 Brazilian Diamonds, Leveaniemi...Thomberry Axinites (CA). El Dragon mine (Bolivia), Silver District (AZ), Goldschmidt $10 v.21/#3 American...Specialties: BC-Yukon-Pacific NW, worldwide, gold, silver William Weinman Mineral Museum Asst. Curator:...intergrown with galena and quartz. The galena is bright silver and has a high luster. Modified octahedral forms
 
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