I am a 47 years old norwegian amateur geologist and mineral collector. I has been fascinated by the world of minerals since i was 13. Living in the alkaline Larvik plutonic complex area in the southeastern part of Norway and also spent 11 years in Madagascar my collection has its concentration by number of specimens from those 2 areas. About size, I collect minerals not size, but due to space problems and the fascinating world of what can be seen under a binoculare I often prefer micromineral-size (micromounts)
I enjoy swapping minerals.

Some of the photos posted here are from the collection of a friend of mine, Roy Kristiansen (kristiansenite) a dedicated norwegian amateur mineralogist and mycologist. If you want to learn more about Roy, go to his homepage http://home.online.no/~mykosof/