Photos of seabed minerals

A sample of basalt, a volcanic rock.

Green copper mineral deposit on a darker sulphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Manganese crust retrieved by the Norwegian Shelf Directorate and the University of Bergen from the Norwegian part of the Greenland Sea in 2024.

Manganese crust retrieved by the Norwegian Shelf Directorate and the University of Bergen from the Norwegian part of the Greenland Sea in 2024.

Manganese crust collected by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate. Darker parts represent manganese crust while the lighter areas are weathered rocks.

Manganese crust collected by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Jan Mayen Ridge. Darker parts represent manganese crust while the lighter areas are weathered rocks.

Manganese crust collected by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Vøring Spur. Darker parts represent manganese crust while the lighter areas are weathered rocks.

Manganese crust collected by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Vøring Spur. Darker parts represent manganese crust while the lighter areas are weathered rocks.

Manganese crust collected by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Vøring Spur. Darker parts represent manganese crust while the lighter areas are weathered rocks..

Nils Rune Sandstå and Jan Stenløkk, geologists at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, shows a detailed section (1 mm) of a manganese crust. The crust consists of thin laminas.

Geologist Jan Stenløkk, together with Jan Rune Sandstå, shows a smaller sulphide chimney acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Oxidiced sulphide sample collected by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2019.

Oxidiced sulphide sample collected by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2019.

Sliced cores collected from the Norwegian Offshore Directorates drilling campaign at the Mohns Ridge in 2020. Darker areas are sulphide materials, while the lighter grey are basaltic rocks.

Sliced cores collected from the Norwegian Offshore Directorates drilling campaign at the Mohns Ridge in 2020. Darker areas are sulphide materials, while the lighter grey are basaltic rocks.

Sulphide sample acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Sulphide sample acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Sulphide sample acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Sliced sample of a sulphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Sliced sample of a sullphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Sulphide sample, part of a chimney, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Green copper-mineral deposit on a darker sulphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Green copper-mineral deposit on a darker sulphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Green copper-mineral deposit on a darker sulphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Green copper-mineral deposit on a darker sulphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Green copper-mineral deposit on a darker sulphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.

Green copper-mineral deposit on a darker sulphide sample, acquired by the Norwegian Offshore Directorate at the Mohns Ridge in 2020.