Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit
Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway
The Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit is a mineral deposit near Snarum which… surprisingly, produces serpentine and magnesite.
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Mindat lists 40 mineral species from the site, including two for which it is the type locality – dypingite and hydrotalcite.
The write up on the site by Ronald Werner linked below is well worth a read.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-2510.html
- http://www.nags.net/Nags/english/articles_werner/magnesite_modum.htm
If you are interested in other classic Norwegian locales we may have stock from the following locales.
Norwegian locales
- Dypingdal serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway
- Gusdal Olivine Pit, Åheim, Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
- Leksvik Thulite Quarry, Hindremseter, Leksvik, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
- Søre Lia Quarry, Otta River, Lom, Innlandet, Norway
For the rest of our Norwegian stock, see below.