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July 3, 2011: The Vøra pegmatites, Vesterøya, Sandefjord, are two unique alkaline...

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July 3, 2011: We were in Norway to examine and collect pegmatites. Miners in the quarries...

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July 3, 2011: Drill holes have been capped on this freshly-sawn block of larvikite at the Klåstad quarry, Norway.

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July 3, 2011: Dr. Paula Piilonen samples a white fracture-fill at the contact between...

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July 3, 2011: Klåstad Quarry, Tjølling, Larvik, Norway. The amazing thing about working...

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July 3, 2011: Glenn Poirier standing beside a drill at the Klåstad Quarry, Tjølling, Larvik, Norway.

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July 3, 2011: Dr. Paula Piilonen at the Klåstad Quarry, Tjølling, Larvik, Norway....

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July 3, 2011: Klåstad Quarry, Tjølling, Larvik, Norway. The larvikite mined from this...

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July 2, 2011: Dr. Paula Piilonen with acclaimed Norwegian mineral collectors and Pinch...

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Larvikite block at the Håkestad quarry, awaiting transport by container ship. Very little processing and finishing work is completed in Norway.

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July 2, 2011: Hydraulic splitters. Once a large slab of larvikite has been sawn, it...

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July 1, 2011: Vardeåsen Quarry, Pauler, Larvik, Norway. Right next door to the Malerød...

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July 1, 2011: Malerød Quarry, Pauler, Larvik, Norway. Larvikite (monzosyenite) has been...

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June 29, 2011: Sometimes sampling within the Larvik Plutonic Complex is best done along...

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June 29, 2011: Many parts of the Oslo Rift Valley, in Norway, have been designated a...

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June 28, 2011: Glenn Poirier takes a GPS reading for a sample locality north of Heum,...

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June 28, 2011: Traversing through the Norwegian countryside near Heum, in order to sample...

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June 27, 2011: The Larvik Plutonic Complex is located about 100 km south of Oslo, Norway,...

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