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Donor Stiftelsen Modums Blaafarveværk
Year 1772
Structure Cobalt mine
Stone Cobalt
Municipality Modum
Origin Blaafarveværket cobalt mine
County Buskerud
Size/Quantity One small cobalt stone

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The donated stone comes from a cobalt vein in the cobalt mines in Modum.

In the autumn of 1772, one of the most important discoveries in Norwegian history occurred. In Skuterudåsen at Modum, someone glimpses a strange blue streak in the rock. It is cobalt – one of the world’s most sought-after minerals. It was to be the start of one of the greatest industrial adventures in Norwegian history: Blaafarveværket.

Cobalt mines and the Kittelsen museum – Blaafarveværket

Protection: The Directorate for Cultural Heritage

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