Evje is a small town in the mountains of Setesdalen, in the inner part of Southern Norway. Besides many outdoor activities (like skiing, rafting, hiking, climbing) it also offers a great opportunity for geologists since there are many pegmatites in the region. The most common minerals like huge mica grains (muscovite and biotite) and feldspars (damn them) can be found everywhere. With a bit of luck you can also find some bigger magnetite and garnet grains. There is almost no chance to find the other minerals which have been found before in the region inlcluding beryll, green apatite and the Y-rich Gadolinite. Since there are many non-geologists reading this, I will spare you the details and just refer to this nice page for those who want to know more about Evje and what it has to offer:
http://www.smartminerals.com/norvegia/trip/Evje_Iveland.htmIn addition to minerals, the region is also predestined to collect blueberries since the region looks like this:
The pegmatites are accessible at various places and look like this - actually the territory is owned by private people and they want you pay somthing like 50 NOK for a permit to look for minerals and this at each different place.
Most of the smaller bushes are full with blueberries:
And like everywhere in Norway lakes are numerous:
50 NOK???? what the....
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