Cavern with rock crystals locally known as the "Dwarf's stone caves" (Norwegian: Dvergasteinshulene). In the Norwegian folklore it was the dwarf who made the quartz crystals and the cavity's with rock crystals were considered as their forge.
The German mineralogist Carl Friederich Neumann who passed trough Nore in 1822, mention these caves in his publication Beiträge zur Kenntniss Norwegens (1824).

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Quartz

ⓘ var. Rock Crystal

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Quartz

Formula: SiO₂

References:

Bjørnsrud, Olav (1980) Gruvevirksomhet på flere steder i Nore for 200 år sida [Mining activities in several places in Norway 200 years ago]. Langs Lågen. Lokalhistorisk lesebok for bygdene og byene langs Numedalslågen, 2 (1). 13-17

ⓘ Quartz var. Rock Crystal

Formula: SiO₂

References:

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂
ⓘ	var. Rock Crystal	4.DA.05	SiO₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
O	ⓘ Quartz var. Rock Crystal	SiO₂
Si	Silicon
Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
Si	ⓘ Quartz var. Rock Crystal	SiO₂

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

Baltic Shield (Fennoscandian Shield)Shield

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

Baltic Shield
- Sveconorwegian BeltShield

EuropeContinent

Norway

⭔Viken (2020-2023)County

ScandinaviaRegion

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