Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway

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Amazonite dump
	Jennyhaugen Quarry, Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway Amazonite dump at the entrace to the Jennyhaugen Quarry. August 2005.
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Dumps from the Hundholmen quarry
	Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway Most of the small dumps from the Hundholmen quarry are flooded by the sea two times a day. It is possible to find interesting minerals here, but do not expext to find any good crystals of thalenite here, the most famous mineral from the Hundholmen quarry. Hundholem is also one of the type localities for hundholmenite-(Y). By the way: The fjord ...
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Jennyhaugen Quarry
	Jennyhaugen Quarry, Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway Jennyhaugen pegmatite in August 2005.
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Large feldspar crystals
	Jennyhaugen Quarry, Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway Huge feldspar crystals and quartz masses in the quarry wall of the Jennyhaugen Quarry. The hammer (yes there is one...) is about 70 cm long. August 2005.
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Old quarry
	Nedre Eivollen Workings (Nedre Eivolden; Nedre Øyvollen), Eivollen (Eivolden; Øyvollen), Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway Old quarry in the pegmatite that is now being mined underground. August 2005.
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Panorama view of the Tysfjord
	Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway View of the Tysfjord area with the small town of Drag in the centre. The large grey rectangular building slightly off the centre of the image is part of the plant that processes the quartz mined from one of the pegmatites that are spread through the hill from which the picture was taken. August 2005.
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Pegmatite area
	Drag, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway Overview of the area hosting numerous pegmatite quarries and dumps. In the centre a tailling dump of the quartz mine. August 2005.
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The Hundholmen locality
	Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway The dumps from the abandoned Hundholmen quarry where many rare and interesting minerals can be found. I took this photo on August 2nd 2008.
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The Hundholmen Quarry
	Hundholmen, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway The Hundholmen quarry in the Nordland county was situated a few metres away from the sea. When the locals needed a marina for their boats, they blasted a hole in the quarry wall and flooded the quarry so a perfect, well sheltered marina was formed. The northern part of Nordland county where Hundholmen quarry is found is the 2nd most mineral-rich ...
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The Stetind mountain
	Stetind, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway The very interesting Stetind locality is a small, abandoned feldspar/quartz quarry situated in the forest on the slope of the national mountain of Norway, the Stetind mountain. The quarry can be reached by following a track in the forest. I took this photo on August 2nd, 2008.
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