Bildandet av diabas Traditional Cache
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Genom vulkanutbrott för 1,5 miljoner år sedan bildades i bl a Örkened djupa schakt med diabas eller det som vi i dagligt tal kallar svart granit. Fyndigheterna ligger alla i samma väderstreck, NNÖ-SSV. Diabas ådrorna är upp till 50 meter breda och kan vara någon kilometer långa.
I slutet av 1800-talet började man förstå användningsområdena för den svarta stenen.
Exploateringen gick därefter snabbt, först med stordrift blev Gylsboda. Lite senare 1902 började man bryta sten i Hägghult. Det har brutits svart granit på 18 olika platser i Örkeneds socken. Idag är tre av dessa fortfarande i drift 2009.
Dansk
Ved vulkanudbrud for 1.5 millioner år siden dannedes Ôrkened’s dybe lag af diabas, eller det som i daglig tale kaldes sort granit. Diabas årene er op til 50m brede og kan være flere kilometer lange.
I slutningen af 1800-tallet begyndte man at udnytte den sorte sten. Der har været brydning af diabas på 18 forskellige steder, men i 2009 er der stadig 3 i drift.
Eng
The western part of the quarry – Deep pits with diabase, or black granite as it is normally called, were formed by volcanic eruptions about 1.5 million years ago. The ores are all in the same direction, namely north-north-east and south-south-west. The areas of diabase are as broad as 50 meters and can be as long as one kilometer.
People started to understand the fields of application of the diabase in the late 18th century. Production developed quickly and Gylsboda was the first village to have a large-scale production. Somewhat later, in 1902, quarrying was started in Hägghult. Quarrying has been carried out at eighteen different places in the parish of Örkened of which three of them are still in operation.
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