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Posted: Jan 16, 2014 07:04 Post subject: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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This Land in the middle of Germany has only a few known or significant mineral occurrences, for example the giant salt deposits in the east near the border with Thuringia. The most interesting areas for collectors are the Taunus Mountains in the southwest and some nearby former mining areas where some really fine collector’s specimen were found.
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Halite Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works, Neuhof, Fulda, Hesse, Germany 11 x 8 cm Collection & Photo: Tobias Martin |
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Posted: Jan 18, 2014 18:46 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Another classic
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Celestine Am Soldatenbusch, Obergembeck, Gembeck, Twiste, Hesse, Germany Specimen size: 12.8 × 8.4 × 7.5 cm Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.3 cm
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Celestine Am Soldatenbusch, Obergembeck, Gembeck, Twiste, Hesse, Germany Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.3 cm Detail
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 19, 2014 10:23 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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This is what I call a really fine Gembeck specimen!
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 21, 2014 07:03 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Some locations kind of faded away over the years. Once famous, almost forgotten in present days - to find specimens from those places and to know what it is makes mineral collecting so thrilling for me. A good example are the epidote crystals from Sulzbach in the Odenwald, Hesse. I think there are not so many places in Germany where such epidotes were found, nevertheless, I bet if you would ask 10 German collectors for classic German epidote occurences, Sulzbach/Hesse wouldn´t be mentioned...
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Epidote Sulzbach, Hemsbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany 3,5 x 0,9 cm |
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Posted: Apr 01, 2014 05:38 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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The coal mines around Kassel were known for gypsum crystals. The Neuenhain open pit near Borken, for example, is a famous locale for that mineral.
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Gypsum Neuenhain coal mine, Borken, Kassel, Hesse, Germany 12 x 5 cm
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Posted: Aug 09, 2014 09:32 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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It has been a long time that nothing has happened here in this thread - so I will continue with another gypsum that recently came into my collection:
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Gypsum Zimmersrode Quarry, Zimmersrode, Neuental, Hesse, Germany Specimen height 9,5 cm |
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Posted: Feb 16, 2015 15:26 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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A fine yellow prehnite ball from a quarry quite near my hometown of Marburg:
Mineral: | Prehnite on calcite |
Locality: | Diabase Quarry, Hartenrod, Gladenbach, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis District, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 cm |
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Collection: Gerd Kerkhey, Marburg, displayed at Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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Posted: Feb 18, 2015 10:54 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Another very impressive specimen from Hesse:
Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Hannibal Mine, Heftrich, Idstein, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Size approx. 12-15 cm |
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Collection: GeoMuseum TU Clausthal (my photo) |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2015 09:11 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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I saw this galena in September 2014. Indeed a very fine specimen.
Here´s another classic from Hesse.
Mineral: | Copper, native |
Locality: | Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Bergstraße District, Darmstadt, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 10,5 x 8 x 1,5 cm |
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Reichenbach mine, Reichenbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany |
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Posted: Oct 04, 2015 07:17 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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The Mineralogical Museum of Marburg opened a new special exhibition "A mineralogical journey through Hesse" some days ago. I visited it today, here's the little "show report" with photos of some remarkable specimens:
https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=4509
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Posted: Jan 10, 2016 04:41 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Another beautiful classic from Hesse ... nearly impossible to get these ones in good quality today for your own collection:
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
Locality: | Bockenrod, Reichelsheim, Odenwald, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size ~ 10 cm |
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Collection Terra Mineralia, Freiberg (my photo) |
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Posted: Feb 27, 2016 02:27 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Azurite from Southern Hesse:
Mineral: | Azurite on Dolomite |
Locality: | Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 3,5 cm, azurite |
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Posted: Apr 13, 2016 11:37 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Chabazite from Hesse:
Mineral: | Chabazite (Series) |
Locality: | Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size 20 cm |
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Collection Terra Mineralia, Freiberg (my photo) |
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Posted: Apr 26, 2016 10:41 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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And a pyromorphite:
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Emilie II Mine, Altweilnau, Usingen, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 9 x 6 cm |
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Posted: May 06, 2016 04:03 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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One of the real classics from Hesse...
Mineral: | Iron, native |
Locality: | Bühl Quarry, Weimar, Kasse, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 10 cm slab |
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Posted: Apr 08, 2017 13:44 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Another pyromorphite from our beautiful land in the middle of Germany:
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Vereinigung Mine, Eisenbach, Bad Camberg, Limburg-Weilburg, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size ~ 7 cm |
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Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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Posted: Apr 21, 2017 15:42 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Two more examples
Mineral: | Baryte coated by Calcite |
Locality: | Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 9.6 × 9 × 3.7 cm |
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Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer |
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Mineral: | Calcite on Baryte |
Locality: | Christiane Mine, Adorf, Diemelsee, Waldeck-Frankenberg District, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Main crystal size: 2 × 1.2 cm |
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Mineral: | Azurite on Dolomite |
Locality: | Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.4 cm |
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Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani |
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Posted: Dec 17, 2017 07:47 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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Sorry for the low photo quality, but I thought this large specimen with its interesting paragenesis should not miss:
Mineral: | Stilbite (Series), Laumontite, Heulandite |
Locality: | Diabase Quarries, Bornberg, Seelbach (Herborn), Lahn-Dill, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | Specimen size approx. 35 cm |
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Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo) |
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Posted: Feb 04, 2018 04:59 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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I always have an open eye for evaporite Minerals. here is one:
A Pikromerite from the Neuhof-Ellers mine. Most labels show the old name "Schönit"
Mineral: | Picromerite (Schönit) |
Locality: | Neuhof-Ellers Potash Works, Neuhof, Fulda, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 10 cm |
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Posted: Mar 26, 2018 11:47 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse |
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More from this land as well...
Mineral: | Azurite |
Locality: | Schmitt dolomite Quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis District, Spessart, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 2 cm crystal aggregate |
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Mineral: | Pseudomalachite |
Locality: | Borstein Quarry, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Bergstraße District, Darmstadt, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 5,5 x 4,5 cm |
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Reichenbach is a well known locality for secondary copper minerals. The picture shows an exceptional piece from the former Petitjean collection. |
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Mineral: | Cinnabar |
Locality: | Königsberg Mine, Hohensolms, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 9 x 6 cm |
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A "rare and ugly" rich ore sample from an ancient mercury mining district. |
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