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![Gneiss.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_25.jpg?itok=1PhE0wUc)
![Soft shapes in the hard mountain.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/samnanger.jpg?itok=TBH6DVLU)
![Gullbotnen](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_18.jpg?itok=dlJQCo79)
Gullbotnen
A barren belt where almost nothing grows, runs through the forest on the east slope of Gullbotnen. But, along the west side of the main road there is a fertile zone that flourishes with several finicky plant types. The contrasts arise from the extreme variations in the nutrient content of the bedrock.
![Espevik](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/tysnes_15.jpg?itok=xW8eH-Lu)
Espevik
220 million years ago, glowing hot molten rock masses intruded into fractures in the earth's crust in the outer parts of Hordaland. Some of these are believed to have reached the surface and formed lava flows, which since have been eroded away by wind and weather. But, most of these flows solidified into diabase sills before they got to the surface.
![Mining pit in the steep slope at Froastad.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/190/nvh_482_froastad_fykse_150.jpg?itok=JOgBuVSc)
![Kvamskogen, toward the north.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvam_45.jpg?itok=fafg-yeC)
Kvamskogen
The different bedrock types that got shoved in over Hordaland in Cambro-Silurian times still remain, layer by layer, almost like a cake. But at Kvamskogen the cake has been turned upside down.
![Øvre Kvernes](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/sam_17.jpg?itok=RsNY3AA3)
Kvernes
Håkons Hall, Domkirken Church, Bergen Børs Stock Exchange, Permanenten and other well known buildings in Bergen are decorated with soapstone from Øvre Kvernes. The quarry is a big hole in the mountainside by the cliff just east of the farm buildings.