Gusdal Olivine Pit
Almklovdalen, Vanylven, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Also known as the Åheim Olivine Pit.
An active Olivine quarry, mining dunite, garnet-peridotite and olivine-websterite; it also produces various minerals including diopside, enstatite, garnet, and forsterite.
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Chrome Diopside from Gusdal Olivine Pit, Norway
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Forsterite from the Gusdal Olivine Pit, Norway
£5.00 – £10.00
The ‘NAGS’ link below has a fantastic writeup on the quarry, but it is in Norwegian – the text can be copied from the PDF and translated via Google translate, though.
Further reading
- Mindat lists 22 minerals from the site.
- http://www.nags.net/stein/2009/2-2009_Werner.pdf (Norwegian language)
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
- Lysebotn, Forsand, Rogaland Fylke, Norway
- Søre Lia Quarry, Otta River, Lom, Innlandet, Norway
For the rest of our Norwegian stock, see below.
Norway
Minerals from Norway