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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
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Location: Chemnitz
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 Posted: Mar 17, 2010 05:25 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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| Label of a stephanite from Marcus Röhling mine, Annaberg, Saxony. |
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| For one of my most aesthetic labels I consider this one of a St. Andreasberg stilbite. |
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| Schneckenstein topaz label of the Bergakademie Freiberg. About 1930. |
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| Another BAF label of a zircone from Niedermendig, Eifel mtns. |
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| Another rare design of a Bergakademie label is this one of a Bad Ems pyromorphite (from Friedrichssegen mine). |
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| Bergakademie Freiberg label of a pyrargyrite from Schneeberg, Saxony. About 1920, rare label design. |
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| Bergakademie Freiberg label of a boracite from the Schildstein quarry, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony. The Kalkberg quarry is the type locality of boracite. However, Schildstein boracites are very rare! About 1900. |
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| "Menakan" - an old German name for ilmenite and sanidine from Laacher See, Eifel mtns. 1840s Senckenberg museum label. |
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| Detailed label (1900) of a skutterudite from Rother Berg near Kamsdorf, Thuringia. |
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| Calcite (later corrected to siderite) from Bräunsdorf near Freiberg, Saxony. A 1900s label. |
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| A simple label (about 1900) of a quartz crystal from Segen Gottes mine, Gersdorf, Saxony. |
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| Bodenite is a variety of allanite-(Y). Label from 1926. From type locality Boden limestone deposit, near Marienberg, Saxony. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2010 05:30 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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...more labels...
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| A label of Charles Otley Groom-Napier ("Museum M&M") of a hematite from Schlema, Saxony. |
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| Krantz label of a millerite from St. Andreasberg, Harz. About 1900. |
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| 1940s Hermann Kraft (Berlin) label of a klaprothite (mixture of wittichenite and emplectite) from Daniel mine, Wittichen, Black Forest (type locality). |
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| Royal Forest Academy Minden label of a baryte from Clausthal, Harz. About 1920. |
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| Krantz label of a millerite from St. Andreasberg, Harz. About 1900. |
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| Senator F.J. Kessler (Frankfurt) label of a Chloanthite from Brand-Erbisdorf near Freiberg, Saxony. About 1880. |
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| Very old Senckenberg museum label of a calcite from St. Andreasberg, Harz. About 1830. |
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| A Stassfurt boracite label of the saxonian mineral dealer Albin Jahn/Plauen. |
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| This galena from Pente has done a real world trip. Found at Pente near Osnabrück/Lower Saxony it came to the Munich collector Willy Hirsch. As you see, there are some french additions on the label. These were written by the Paris mineral dealer Neree Boubee. Then the Sorbonne bought the specimen, sold it later to the German dealer Fritz Krantz. It was bought then from the collector Richartz in Cologne, who left it to the Berlin mineral dealer Klaus Lenz from whom I finally got it... |
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| A 1940 label (former Vogel collection) of an Eifel hauyne. |
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| This label of a cuprite with pseudomalachite from Virneberg mine near Rheinbreitbach, Rhineland comes from the Wilhelm Hauchecorne (the man the mineral hauchecornite was named after) collection. |
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4248
Location: Germany
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2010 06:07 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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| Wonderful old labels, including the two most famous German classics, Krantz from Bonn and Staatliche Mineralien-Niederlage Freiberg. Pure mineral collecting history!
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Mar 30, 2010 06:11 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Here are some new pics from my collection. Including the latest specimens, a rare Wölsendorf fluorite and a heteromorphite classic from Freiberg.
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| 5 cm pectolite sample from the Kreimbach quarry, Niedernkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate. |
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| 4 cm "Baveno twin" of orthoclase from the Ochsenkopf quarry, Fichtelberg, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria. |
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| "Cone sand" - gravel cementated by carbonate solution as a 13 cm wide figure from Ochsenhausen near Ulm, Baden-Württemberg. |
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| Clear syngenite crystals on white halite cubes from Sigmundshall potash mine, Bokeloh near Hannover, Lower Saxony. |
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| Pale violet halite crystals from the Wintershall potash mine, Heringen, Hesse. |
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| Typically shaped struvite crystal from the type locality Hamburg. These crystals were found when ancient manure pits having been discovered during the construction of the St. Nikolay church. |
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| Polished aragonite sample (7 cm) from the Cotta sandstone quarries, Pirna, Erzgebirge, Saxony. These quarries gave the stones for the famous Frauenkirche in Dresden! |
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| Heteromorphite needles in quartz vug from Himmelfahrt mine, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony. With Wilhelm Koch label (about 1870). Maybe jamesonite, very rare sample though. |
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| Massive, zoned fluorite from the Pfeifer mine, Wölsendorf, Bavaria. 8 cm sample with 1920s label, former Wilhelm Vierling (wilhelmvierlingite!) collection. |
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Peter
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
Posts: 346
Location: Sweden / Luxembourg
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| Posted: Mar 30, 2010 12:45 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Lieber Andreas
Thank you for a very interesting suite of very nice old german classics.
Will be checking your updates!
Viele Grusse
Peter
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Mar 31, 2010 04:10 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Thank you, Peter! Here´s another update...
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| For a German locality rather good dolomite rhombs (some with orientated siderite inclusions, up to 1,5 cm) from the Fuchsberg quarry, Neumagen-Dhron, Eifel mtns., Rhineland-Palatinate. |
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| 8 cm red hematite "bill" from Rehhübel near Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony. |
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| Golden chalcopyrite crystals (up to 9 mm) on siderite and quartz from Georg mine, Willroth, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate. |
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| Dark grey psilomelane nodules from Dr. Geier mine, Waldalgesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. The picture shows a 10 cm wide sample from the locality which is famous for rhodochrosites. |
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| Dark bluish green allophane on dolomite from Viktor mine, Eisenberg near Korbach, Sauerland, Hesse (8,5 cm). |
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| Pale amethyste quartz with red carneole ribbons from Hartmannsdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony. 6,5 cm polished sample. |
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| Polished agate (7,5 cm) from the Arenrath gravel pit near Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. These agates are called "Eifel-" or "Mosel (moselle) agates". |
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| Little agate tumbler from Sella, Niederlausitz, Brandenburg. |
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| 13 cm wide amethyste geode from Juchem quarry, Niederwörresbach, Rhineland-Palatinate. |
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| Brown bariopharmacosiderite cubes (3 mm each) on baryte and fluorite from the type locality Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest. |
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| Clear quartz crystals on 7 cm wide sample from Piesberg sandstone quarry, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. |
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| Another Piesberg specimen is this aragonite on clay shist. Picture width: 9 cm. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2010 09:22 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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My latest collection arrivals...
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| Pale violet fluorite octahedron from the Arnsdorf granite quarries, Königshainer Berge near Görlitz, Oberlausitz, Saxony. Although fluorites often occur in granite deposits (think of Strzegom/Poland), at this very location fluorite is a rarity. In the literature you´ll find marginal notes concerning little green or violet aggregates - not as good as the famous smoky quartzes from here. The shown crystal is part of a find some couple of years ago which developed a few single crystals and two or three matrix samples. Most of them were bought by the Bergakademie Freiberg. |
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| Fresh silver wires (up to 1 cm) on massive quartz/silver matrix. Nice miniature from 330 m level, Freital vein, Marx-Semmler Stolln, Oberschlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony. |
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| Synthetic cetineite crystals (3 mm aggregate), grown at Essen University, Westphalia. |
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| Antimonite crystals up to 3,5 cm from the Caspari mine, Arnsberg, Sauerland, Westphalia. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Jun 09, 2010 07:43 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Here are some new collection updates...
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| Typical quartz sample (undamaged) from the St. Anna mine, Ochsental valley near Lautenthal, Harz mtns. Here some very old dumps (coper mines) are located where you still can find these quartz crystals (but not in this quality). Although terrific samples have been found the locality is nearly unknown. |
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| Cyclowollastonite (wollastonite with cyclosilicate structure), a synthetic product from the Sontra smelter near Richelsdorf, Hesse. Picture width 9 cm. |
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| Nice rainbow fluorite (polished) from Hermine mine, Wölsendorf, Bavaria. |
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| Emplectite needles (up to 4 mm) on chalcopyrite from Käfersteige mine, Pforzheim, Black Forest. |
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| Deep blue azurite crystals forming a layer on quartz. In the 1960s and 1970s samples of this quality were not that rare on the dumps of the Glücksrad mine, Oberschulenberg, Harz mtns. Sample width approx. 10 cm. |
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| Kidney-like chrysocolla in quartz vugg (4 cm width) from the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest. |
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| The Clara mine is known for a wide range of minerals - even agates occured like this 15 cm wide polished example. |
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| 3,5 cm malachite aggregate on quartz from the Clara mine near Oberwolfach, Black Forest. |
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| Reddish chalcedony from the Silberbrünnle mine, Gengenbach, Black Forest. 9 cm sample. |
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| Uraninite-bearing carbonified wood in sandstone from the 389 shaft, Königstein Uranium deposit near Dresden, Saxony. Minerals from this locality (such as brown baryte crystals) are very rare. |
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| Grey gypsum rose (6 cm) from a claypit near Flörsheim, Frankfurt/Main, Hesse. About 1900 Flörsheim is a good example for a once famous German locality which i sforgotten today. The claypits are left for a long time, a sportsground was constructed on the area. |
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| with old Max Hübler label. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Jul 06, 2010 06:03 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some new pieces in my collection...
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| As I saw this azurite first, I thought: gosh! What a colour! There´s no PhotoShop "addition". Old 6 cm wide sample from Kamsdorf near Saalfeld, Thuringia. |
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| Nice marcasite cluster (3 cm, undamaged) in marl from the Kleeberg quarry, Lengerich near Osnabrück, Westphalia. |
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| 2 mm uranophane spray on quartz from a rather unusual locality: 235 shaft near Antonshöhe, Breitenbrunn district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. The Breitenbrunn district is known for some nice skarn minerals (as garnets ore rare borate minerals like ludwigite). But also silver veins occured and - uranium minerals. But the latter you normally don´t see any grain of on mineral market... |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Jul 08, 2010 06:06 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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next update
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| Yellow baryte crystals (up to 1 cm) on quartz from the Tiefer Blühend Glück Stolln mine, Streckewalde, Marienberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. In the last 5-10 years many old tunnels, mines and dumps in the Marienberg district have been prospected and re-discovered. Due to that fact there are now a lot of specimens from that district available, such as beautiful amethystes, fluorites or barytes. However, Streckewalde is a rather rare location, most of the "new" Marienberg specimens come from Vater Abraham mine or St. Johannes mine/Wolkenstein. |
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| Typical dolomite rhombs covered with chalkopyrite crystals (5-6 mm) and some baryte on the backside from Dreislar baryte mine, Sauerland, Westphalia. Ex Tobias Martin collection;-) |
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| 4 cm marcasite aggregate from the Anna quarry, Lethmate, Sauerland, Westphalia. This quarry is regionally known for a small copper ore vein that gave nice malachite sprays a couple of years ago. |
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| Rather large gypsum crystal with feather-like clay inclusions from the Tonberg claypit, Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg. |
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| "Rabbit-ear"-gypsum from the Tonberg claypit, Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Jul 12, 2010 07:12 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some recent collection additions:
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| Grey flaky pyroaurite crystals. 8 cm wide historic sample from Siebenlehn near Nossen, northern Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. With two old labels (Eisenbrucit/ferroan brucite is an old expression for a mixture of brucite, chlorite, pyroaurite and other minerals). |
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| Label of Bergdirector Max Geipel collection. |
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| Bergakademie Freiberg label (1900) |
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| Bluish grey baryte crystals from the Lanwehr quarry, Müschede, Sauerland, Westphalia. Müschede is a known German locality for barytes, samples up to 20 x 20 cm and more, over and over covered with light grey "Meißelspat" crystals have been found here. |
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| 3 cm Pyrite floater aggregate (cubooctahedral crystals) from the "Calcite" quarry, Holzen, Sauerland, Westphalia. |
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| Light brown sylvine cubes on sylvine octahedrons. Historic, 85 mm wide sample from Glückauf potash mine, Sondershausen, Thuringia. |
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| 2 mm tabular melilite crystal with green pyroxene, nepheline and apatite needles - "classic" paragenesis from Löhley quarry, Üdersdorf, Eifel. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2010 04:25 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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...some more...
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| Rose bieberite powder in glass vial from the type locality Bieber, Spessart mtns., Hesse. Former William S. Vaux collection via Philadelphia academy. |
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| Original Vaux seal on the vial |
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| Lüneburgite nodule (4,5 cm) from the type locality Volgershall, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony... |
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| ...with old Krantz label... |
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| ...and yet another one from Philadelphia Academy. |
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| Bluish apatite crystals (5 cm aggregate) in illite matrix from Riesenberg quarry, Hinterohlsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Jul 14, 2010 04:28 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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...more...
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| 6 x 5 cm brown grossulare from Hohe Waid near Schriesheim, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg. It´s not a beauty, however, but for a German locality this is a huge garnet crystal. Maybe there are more but I only know a single German place that gave bigger garnets: Irchenrieth near Weiden, Bavaria. By 1900 almandin crystals up to 20 cm in diameter were found in a pegmatite mine. |
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| Different view on the crystal. |
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| Metallic breithauptite inclusions with grey skutterudite in calcite matrix from the type locality, Samson mine near St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony. Picture width: 5 mm. |
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| Albert Edward Foote label |
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| Faujasite and phillipsite in "limburgite" (basalt) from the Limburg quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl mtns., Baden-Wurttemberg. |
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| 3 mm faujasite octahedron (covered with manganese oxides). |
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| Blue mansfieldite on quartz from Himmelfahrt mine, Neubulach, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg. |
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Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Jul 17, 2010 04:27 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Andreas, thanks again for posting your interesting collection! My favourites from your recent posts are the quartz from Harz mountains, the yellow Baryte from Marienberg/Saxony, the Baryte from Müschede/Sauerland, the pyrite floater from Holzen quarry and the grossular from Schriesheim/Baden-Württemberg, which is really a giant for one from a German locality!
Please keep posting ... and thank you for the honour of mentioning the Ex Tobias Martin collection as a feature for your Dreislar specimen ;-)
Cheers!
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Aug 24, 2010 07:12 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some updates...
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| You all may know the big green actinolithe rocks from Austria which are called "smaragdite" for their emerald-green colouring. Recently I got a classic sample from Zoeblitz, Saxony which is comparable in terms of quality and colour. 8 cm wide sample. |
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| Nice almandine crystals (up to 5 mm) in pegmatite vein from Heiligendamm, Mecklenburg. |
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| Opale is a kind of rarity from the Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. The picture shows an 18th century find from the Sonnenwirbel Fundgrube (a rather small mine that was later consolidated with the famous Himmelsfürst mine). 6,5 cm so-called wood opale with label dating by 1780-1810. |
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72050 Time(s) |
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72062 Time(s) |
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| Another Sonnenwirbel opale with 1920s label |
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72076 Time(s) |
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72094 Time(s) |
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| Galena cubes on "cell quartz". From the Isaak Erbstolln mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. 10 cm sample with label. |
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72066 Time(s) |
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72114 Time(s) |
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| Tetraedrite crystals (up to 5 mm, damaged unfortunately) with yellow fluorite on baryte from the Segen Gottes mine, Gersdorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. |
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72060 Time(s) |
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72074 Time(s) |
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| Massive antimonite from Greiz, Thuringia (maybe from Waldhaus or Kleinreinsdorf). Sample width: 12 cm. |
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72098 Time(s) |
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| Label. Text as follows: derbes Grauspiesglanzerz aus Sachsen./a.d. Michelfelder Sammlung (massive Grauspiesglanzerz [ancient name for antimonite] from saxony./from the Michelfelder collection." |
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