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Authors	F.S. Nordrum, B.I. Berg
Title	Historical mineral collections in the silver mining town of Kongsberg, Norway
Journal	Scripta Geologica. Special Issue
Volume	4
Year	2004
Pages	229-235
ISSN	09224564
Keywords	old geological collections; silver mines; mining officers; mining academy; Kongsberg
Abstract	The discovery of native silver deposits at Kongsberg, Norway, in 1623 created interest for silver specimens and mineral collecting, also among mining officers. Large collections were donated by J. Hiort, M.T. Brünnich and J. Esmark to the Mining Academy at Kongsberg. The Academy’s collections were in 1814 transferred to the University of Oslo. From 1841 The Kongsberg Silver Mines built up their own collections.
Classification	38.30
Document type	article
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