Norwegian Rocks
I’ve never seen rocks like these before – PINK! I thought Norway was supposed to be the ‘Arctic Blue’ not cold pink. At least pink and blue go together – don’t they?
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My husband Greg would love rocks like that! We have a beautiful bowl filled with a variety of rocks he’s collected. Great photos of them L-Jay.
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from L-Jay:
I think tomb stones are made out of something like this in Norway. Well, some sort of pink stone. (I’ve also see a bathroom made of it – yikes…lol. But pebbles in glass are very popular in Norway too.
It’s granite! Quintessential granite. Surely quite a lot of Norway is granite! The pink is caused by feldspar, one of the components of granite. The components (quartz, feldspar, and mica) vary in ratio, so lots of quartz gives white-ish granite, but lots of feldspar gives pink. Pretty, isn’t it! I like it so much I had my mother’s tombstone made out of some that looks just like your rock.
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from L-Jay:
Ah, cool! Since you know about Norwegian rocks can you tell me what makes Norwegian mountains look oily, even out of the sun. I posted a photo recently, Metallic Mountains, and we have no idea why they are like this.
Cheers