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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 08, 2013 10:37 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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L. Alejandro F.G. wrote: | Andreas, You have a beautiful collection and the best of all they are minerals from your country. |
Indeed he has an amazing collection of German minerals. I'm from Germany too and i collect minerals for 20 years, with German minerals among my favourites - but Andreas again and again surprises me with stuff i never heard of before :-)
Weiter so!
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 10, 2013 08:14 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Weiter so:
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Calcite, chalcopyrite Segen Gottes mine, Gersdorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 6,5 x 5 cm Beige coloured crystals with a silky luster on the terminations. That´s what was given the old German name "Atlasspat" for. |
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Galena Bleiberg open pit, Maubach, northern Eifel mountains, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 8,5 x 7 cm Crystals up to 5 mm. These lustrous cubes are quite rare in that region, most Maubach specimens are corroded. |
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Bournonite Beihilfe mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 3 x 2,5 cm Rather big crystals up to 2 cm forming a cluster. |
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Baryte, ankerite Jupiter Stehender vein, Himmelsfürst mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 6 x 5 cm Neat cabinet with yellow tabular crystals on ankerite matrix from an 1982 find. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 16, 2013 08:23 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Celestite Karlstadt, Schweinfurt, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. 3,5 x 3 cm |
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Chalcopyrite Füsseberg mine, Biersdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 4,5 x 2 cm |
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Cerussite, galena, baryte Rohdenhaus quarry, Wülfrath, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany. 6 x 4 cm Clear cerussite crystal (approx. 1,8 x 1,3 cm) from a Pb/Zn vein in a limestone quarry. |
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Azurite, Malachite Altväter samt Eschig mine, Sayda, southern Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 9 x 5 cm Kidney-like malachite covered by azurite crystals. Good specimen for that locality. |
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Quartz (cat´s eye) Treseburg, Harz mtns., Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 6 x 3,5 cm Historic polished sample showing a nice chatoyance effect. |
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Lepidocrocite, limonite Louise mine, Horhausen, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 3 x 2,5 cm Dark red tabular lepidocrocite crystals on limonite matrix. |
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Marcasite after pyrite, calcite, quartz Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 9 x 6 cm |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 17, 2013 07:55 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Sphalerite, prehnite Trautvetter quarry, Steinperf, Dillenburg, Hesse, Germany. 2 x 1,5 cm Grass green sphalerite twin with some prehnite matrix. Steinperf is famous for green sphalerites, partly very gemmy so that they could be cut. |
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Pyrargyrite Churprinz mine, Großschirma, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 2,2 x 0,8 cm |
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Fluorite Ilse mine, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 5 x 3 cm |
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Fluorite Abraham shaft, Himmelfahrt mine, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 5,5 x 3 cm Good Himmelfahrt fluorite from an old miner´s collection (found 1908). |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 21, 2013 04:57 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some new specimens purchased last week:
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Silver, native Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 10 x 5 cm Large silver sheet (10 x 4 cm) on copper shist matrix. |
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Pyromorphite Sachsenerz adit, Beihilfe mine, Halsbrücke, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 9 x 8 cm |
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Natrolite Hohentwiel, Singen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 4 x 3 cm Very well crystallized material from the type locality. |
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Manganite, baryte Ilfeld, Harz mtns., Thuringia, Germany. 8 x 5,5 cm Crystals up to 3 cm, with Carl Droop label (1890). |
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Copper, native Käusersteimel mine, Kausen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 6 x 5 cm |
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Cerussite Freihung, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. 2 x 1,5 cm |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 24, 2013 06:53 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some calcites:
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Calcite Seifersdorf quarry, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 7 x 6 cm |
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Calcite Allmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 10,5 x 5,5 cm |
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Calcite Thomas quarry, Waschenbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany. 5,5 x 2,5 cm |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Feb 01, 2013 08:11 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Apatite, quartz, pyrite Kupfergrube mine, Sadisdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 10 x 6,5 cm Blue crystals up to 9 mm, excellent material for that locality! |
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Baryte, malachite Christiane mine, Adorf, Hesse, Germany. 7 x 5,5 cm |
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Calcite, dolomite Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 7,5 x 3,5 cm |
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Fluorite, quartz Hermine mine, Wölsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. 13 x 8,5 cm Completely undamaged cabinet. |
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Pyrite, siderite, quartz Pfannenberger Einigkeit mine, Salchendorf, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 6 x 5 cm |
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Quartz var. rock crystal Altenberg tin mine, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 2 cm in diameter. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Feb 09, 2013 12:22 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Agate Ratsbruch quarry, Hartmannsdorf, Chemnitz, Saxony. 7,5 x 5,5 cm |
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Celestite Jochenberg quarry, Bad Kösen, Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt. 7,5 x 6,5 cm Crystals up to 2 cm, good sample for that locale. The Bad Kösen paragenesis is very similar to the known Rüdersdorf (near Berlin) celestite occurence. |
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Galena, siderite, calcite Pfaffenberg mine, Neudorf, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 6 x 4,5 cm 1843 find with old Bergakademie Freiberg label. |
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Limonite Louise mine, Horhausen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 6,5 x 3 cm |
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Antonio Alcaide
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Posted: Feb 10, 2013 02:40 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Thanks, Andreas, for posting these German classics with old labels. It's an easy way to know the treasures of a country, Germany, to which the mineralogy owes so much.
Greetings
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Tobi
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Posted: Feb 10, 2013 07:21 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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He's really a great "ambassador" of the diversity of Germany's many wonderful minerals, i really enjoy this guy's posts :)
Andreas, if you ever get bored of the galena from Neudorf ... you know where you can find me ;-)
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Feb 11, 2013 05:56 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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I know, Tobi, i know...
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Harmotome, calcite Road from Birkenfeld to Oberstein, Idar-Oberstein, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 9 x 8 cm |
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Hydroboracite, gypsum Kohnstein quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Harz mtns., Thuringia, Germany. 3,5 x 3 cm Excellent material from a new find in 2012. The main crystals is double terminated and more than 3 cm long. |
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Sphalerite, quartz, chamosite Schmiedefeld, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. 4 x 3,5 cm |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Feb 28, 2013 08:30 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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After a while... some more German rocks:
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Tiemannite Charlotte mine, Clausthal, Harz mtns., Lower Saxony, Germany. 5,5 x 3,5 cm |
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Tephorite, rhodonite König Wilhelm mine, Schävenholz, Elbingerode, Harz mtns., Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 6,5 x 6,5 cm Polished section, with some pale rhodonite. |
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Silver, native Sophia mine, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 5,5 x 4 cm |
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Rhodochrosite Amalienhöhe mine, Waldalgesheim, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 4 x 3,5 cm |
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Rhodochrosite Lindener Mark, Giessen, Hesse, Germany. 5 x 2,5 cm Quite rare material from the largest and most important German Mn deposit. |
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Pyrite Himmlisch Heer mine, Pretzschendorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 9 x 5 cm |
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Pecoraite var. röttisite (admixture of pecoraite, antigorite, willemseite etc.) Hansgeorg mine Röttis, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany. 5,5 x 5 cm |
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Galena, quartz Hannibal mine, Heftrich, Taunus, Hesse, Germany. 4 x 3,5 cm |
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Galena, calcite, dolomite Sachtleben mine, Meggen, Sauerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 6 x 3,5 cm |
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Fluorite Gabel, Neustadt, Thuringia, Germany. 4 x 3,7 cm |
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Dyscrasite, pyrargyrite Samson mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz mtn., Lower Saxony, Germany. 7 x 5,5 cm |
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Baryte (blue) Dorothea mine, Clausthal, Harz mtns., Lower Saxony, Germany. 6 x 5,5 cm |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Mar 15, 2013 05:19 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Fluorite var. ox´s eye Patriot mine, Schönbrunn, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany. 9 x 8 cm |
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Limonite Eiserner Bauer mine, Leubetha, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany. 11 x 9,5 cm |
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Limonite Iron mines, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. 6 x 3 cm |
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Millerite, siderite Wölfermittel vein, 520 m adit, Wolf mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 8,5 x 5,5 cm |
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Molybdenite, muscovite Wolframitgrube mine, Pechtelsgrün, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany. 8 x 6,8 cm |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Mar 18, 2013 06:50 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some new calcites:
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Calcite Bleiwäsche, Sauerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 8 x 7,5 cm |
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Calcite Steltenberg quarry, Hohenlimburg, Sauerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 8 x 6,5 cm |
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Calcite, hematite Falkenstein mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Hesse, Germany. 11 x 7 cm |
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Calcite Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 8,5 x 3,8 cm |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 16, 2014 07:00 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Back again with a whole lot of new specimens...
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Baryte Reust mine, Ronneburg, Thuringia, Germany 5,5 x 3,8 cm |
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Wavellite Lichtenberg open pit, Ronneburg, Thuringia, Germany 8 x 7 cm |
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Calcite Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany 7 x 5 cm Ex Berlin Natural History Museum. |
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Stibnite Neue Hoffnung Gottes mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany 6 x 4 cm Ex Bergakademie Freiberg via John Pearse, Harvard Mineralogical Museum and John S. Albanese. |
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Aragonite var. flos ferri Merkur mine, Bad Ems, Taunus, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 7,5 x 6,5 cm |
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Aragonite var. flos ferri Neugeboren Kindlein mine, Stenn, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany 5 x 3,5 cm Ex Bergakademie Freiberg stock (1850s). |
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Gypsum, halite Kraja salt mine, Bleicherode, Thuringia, Germany 8,2 x 6,8 cm |
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Silver, bornite Vitzthum shaft, Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 5 x 3 cm |
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Cuprite, copper Glückauf mine, Hüttschental, Wildemann, Harz mtns., Lower Saxony, Germany 5,8 x 5,2 cm |
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Agate Karrenberg quarry, Reichweiler, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 6 x 4 cm |
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Apr 10, 2014 08:22 Post subject: The "Andreas Gestenberg Collection" thread reaches 100,000 readings! |
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My most sincere congratulations to Andreas for reach 100,000 views in his thread and gaining the yellow star
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Great thread Andreas, almost all the German mineralogy is here!
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Don Lum
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Posted: Apr 10, 2014 09:48 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Congratulations, Andreas.
Well done.
Sincerely yours,
Don
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Sep 18, 2014 08:14 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some new specimens:
Mineral: | Pyrite |
Locality: | Pfaffenberg Mine, Neudorf, Harzgerode mining district, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 13,5 x 11 cm |
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Polished slab from Pfaffenberg dump. |
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Mineral: | Analcime |
Locality: | Richter Quarry, Hammerunterwiesenthal, Oberwiesenthal, Niederschlag-Bärenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 7,2 x 6,2 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Sep 18, 2014 10:44 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Not forgetting that you will soon receive a package and this one here will also be "Andreas Gerstenberg Collection":
https://www.mindat.org/photo-479099.html
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Sep 19, 2014 06:19 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | Not forgetting that you will soon receive a package and this one here will also be "Andreas Gerstenberg Collection"... |
Oh, when i start forgetting things like this i´ll stop collecting...
Mineral: | Siderite |
Locality: | Stahlberg Mine, Müsen, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 15 x 10 cm |
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Mineral: | Cinnabar |
Locality: | Merkur Mine, Silberg, Littfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 2,8 x 2,3 cm |
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A real Siegerland classic from the famous Gerhard Schweisfurth collection, one of the best Siegerland collections of which a good part is shown at Marburg Museum. |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Frisch Glück Shaft, Johanngeorgenstadt, Johanngeorgenstadt District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 14,5 x 11 cm |
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The so-called "deer´s feet", one of the most sought-after quartz varieties from Saxony, quite similar to the "cactus quartzes" from South Africa. It is almost impossible to find a completely undamaged specimen. |
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Mineral: | Baryte |
Locality: | Gertraud sand pit, Altforweiler, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany | |
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Dimensions: | 9 x 5 cm |
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A classic but rather unknown locality for "desert roses". |
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Mineral: | Bornite |
Locality: | Neue Haardt Mine, Weidenau, Siegen, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany | |
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