p j i N A T U R A L H i S ^ t O R V i o f JVORW A T .
■ Moft o^h^^tirWay'fngrbld-mbiitatSitis tare ftiihunktiiQxvn as
fodh, -and- wilK in." -g^gat tontiffde'to lbb^of no advantage,
texcept-thofe-whidb-are ct5tati|pi’odV*td theffea or’the Creeks, forjfthe
r-eadyxflnping_ of the mafbfef' I omif- ’tiie-iinefatibn'of thofe riiar-
ble-mOuntaiiSs which I haVe dbler-ve#!^ <ixfy'journies, particularly
•at' -Lfllemios' ih Walders,' and? elfewbere'; niuch 'lefs:'ffi£31 I take
upon me^to give'an -acebtnt ’ of!flatble' -^i^fei:es?ui .der-
v taken At/the charge of" colonel Rigtveds, afchitedf toilis\riiajefty,
and other- proprietors, not fhr‘frStofl^fammen,-'in the diodefe of
Aggerhuus. But, infteadJdf thefe, I ffisll- take notice fopthbfe
marble-quarries hrthc' diocCfeof Bergen, which 1$u?e been bfbk’e
up. within this century, chiefly by/ the-fatmly of^|heiifdhiold,- and
partly carried- on by'others, -of ;tlie 'Sproitre'b of Which the’-’p&fece
©f Chrifliarifberg'at Copenhagen is an flMftMbtfe 'iiiftaricb." 'Some
thoufends cubic'feet '©f northern^ndarblg,-''’haV^aiready Beenltl-
ported for that edifice, e'l^edaly-frbm Muftbrhaveif, ’and'cbri'tin'ue
ftill to’ be carried thither, befides the'ffemands frOnWEflgfafod,
Holland, Germany, and' the countries' pm the Bffitei and* av'en
from Sweden itfclf, which is; in! ho want' of' good marble, ‘tho’ the
Norway is efteemed better, *' nori^thftandihg fts etffenre imfflfibfs
renders it ^Cfy diflic'ult to wrought; khd'tjlfb’ it chnnot, as iome
pretend, to vie • 'in whitenefs with that of Carrara in Italy; or in
finenefs with that of Sicily and Egypt.' The chief marble-qtfaW
ribs hitherto opened in this diocefe, and their feveral’ kind'sf arenas
follows:
Account of i. Hopeholm, not far from Bergen, produces marble of a gjerod
marble, ^ white, likewife blue and white; alfd a"greeniffi ‘kind, with red
ftreaks. .
. 2. Wikenels in Storee, fix Norway-miles fouth of Bergen.
The marble of this qu&rry is red and white, very fine and folid,
but-'very 'difficult to be hewn into fquares; likewife white intermixed
with green with lulphur-coloured veins/ a kind of grey
and,white jaiper ; grCen, with red ftreaks of agate; laftly, black
and white ; all very difficult to the workman.
’ ■ 3. Mufterhaven, feven Norway-miles ibuth of Bergen, not far
from .the noted high mountain Siggen. This quarry yields blue
marble with white ftreaks, dark blue with the like variegation,
green
N A T U R A L . H I S T O R Y pf.JV 0 R W A Y.
green with greyifh} feml^ likewife an azure- marble. T his is eafier
tp^thd Qbifiel'.thajKjiii: -places *.
: 4. , -S.4 theJlgn/^q]ir,^brway-miles. from-Bergen, affords a white
marble, and, eafr^wfoughtj- but is-.qot.fo firm as that of Hope-
holm^ipid breaks»-into longiih blocks; .it alfo affords a-grey and
white, -likewife a :flark gpsy ftreaked with white« v
„.^.-vf^lebrud,' feven Norway-miles - from Bergen, the marble
pf t-hi's quarry is/wtoe;;]- yith a yellowifh tinge; it.likewife pro-
- diices a llgnt^blue and white,* both kinds vexyicompleat, and in
large fPgiekS'i v 1 , 1: , * >- * ,r ,
sS;tqurfoen-tquarry, one of Our m^es^from*the im4haftery of
Halfnoe, -black-iparble ftudded with white foots; and its •
blqpks ^.re^large andt ccynpadt. |
7. ^elae* ‘ on .t^^tfip/fidp ,of ffiisj®©i^foy|r?, produces blue
and whitp^atfble; in larger blocks than are.to Jbe-met, with'any
wlhere.-- k
jpTp this tribe"pf ffones belongs likewife the touch-flone, Lapis-r
lydius/heingpa kind.of black-marble; alfo akbaftdr, which I have
met with, in my^ourgeypp §undmoer,^ea^Borgenfimd, -bfit of a
greyifh- calk’ an^qqlyin fmall pieces, lying* aslaninfufed advem
t^tfous;matJ;gE hg^wi&qthe ,ftrata of hard pebbles; .byiffie-peafants
ij/I& caUecJjHej^tel,; under which name I have already fookeof it-in
the 2d chapter, concerning the origin>of mountains. --Under this
fpecies limy alio be comprehended the feyeral kinHs of foar, or
other fhining ftones, "like what is called iCatzenfilber, which are
©aiily reducible5 to a white powder, 'as- are the^efralk-ftonef^c^B
ment-ftone, and'ftucco-ftone, to. which ufe likewife the'ffridures
of marble, which fly off in the quarries are applied.
S E C T. III.
, -Sandftone is found in feveral places, of a clear and dark* 01 * ,, . •
— iB i g f l,, 7 T v ^ I I H n ^ 1 5 Sand-ltones'.
I^Uo’W' and brown^ qt, a nne:and eoarie grain,; and is ufed eithers
for- building or for grind-ftones,. which laft are in-greateft perfection
ab Haedsemark; but on account of the fituation, the exportation
of them i? difficult, tho’ confiderable quantities are brought
* I was latety*'grefented wkh a gikte fii>m this Quarry, in Wiuqh fidT green, ‘and
white veins were intermixed, in a more beautiful,^manner than'any I fia&'evei'Jeen' j
the-only” 3efc©4s the ibftnefs bf-the greett /eia|s/%hj?h hinders a plriKii-pdlifli. '
to