Fact Sheet for <b>Occurence 3240

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	Occurence 3240 - 301 Byrud
	(Object Id: 8707) (Last updated: 08.07.2021)

Location

County:

Akershus

Municipality:

Eidsvoll (3240)

Map 1:50000:

Nannestad (1915-3)

Map 1:250000:

Hamar

Coordinate system:

EU89-UTM Zone 32

East:

620830 m.

North:

6700636 m.

Longitude:

11.1946940

Latitude:

60.4239220

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Resource

Resource Type:

Gem stone minerals

Resource Subtype:

Emerald

Importance

Raw material meaning:

Little Importance (reg. 18.02.2015)

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Abstract

In Norway, just one occurrence of emerald has been mined, located at the Byrud farm on the shore of Lake Mjøsa near Minnesund in Eidsvoll, about 70 km north of Oslo. The deposit was worked by an English company around 1900, and even today collectors are able to find good specimens.

Bibliography:

From NGU's Reference Archive:

Kvamsdal, Lars O. , 2009

Mineraler fra Byrud

;Norske Amatørgeologers Sammenslutning (NAGS);ARTIKKEL;Stein; No.36 (2);32-33 pages

Nordrum, Fred Steinar , 2006

The emerald deposit at Byrud, Eidsvold, South Norway

;Norsk Bergverksmuseum;ARTIKKEL;Skrift; No.33;s.9-16 pages

Abstract:

In Scandinavia, just one occurrence of emerald has been mined, located at the Byrud farm on the shore of Lake Mjøsa near Minnesund in Eidsvoll, about 70 km north of Oslo. The deposit was worked by an English company around 1900, and even today collectors are able to find good specimens.

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	Abstract:
	In Scandinavia, just one occurrence of emerald has been mined, located at the Byrud farm on the shore of Lake Mjøsa near Minnesund in Eidsvoll, about 70 km north of Oslo. The deposit was worked by an English company around 1900, and even today collectors are able to find good specimens.