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PostPosted: Jan 16, 2014 07:11    Post subject: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Germany’s second-largest Land consists of very different terrains, both mineral-poor coastal areas and moorlands and famous mining places in the Harz Mountains, one of Germany’s most important traditional mining areas for many centuries.


Analcime - Duingen Clay Pit_Alfeld_Lower Saxony_Germany.JPG
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Analcime
Duingen Clay Pit, Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany
5 x 3,5 cm
Collection & Photo: Tobias Martin
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2014 00:41    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

A tiny sceptered quartz nestled with other quartz and calcite crystals.


QtzScepterCalcite.jpg
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Quartz, Calcite
Rinteln, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
6.0 cm x 9.5 cm x 5.7 cm
 Viewed:  31673 Time(s)

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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2014 03:08    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Very nice specimen and picture.
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2014 07:06    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Galena from Lower Saxony:


Wiemannsbucht.JPG
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Galena on siderite
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Wiemannsbucht, Bad Grund, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
4,5 x 3,5 cm
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2014 10:26    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

More specimens from Lower Saxony:


Schwefel (Lintorf).jpg
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Sulphur
Lintorf asphaltum mine, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
7 x 4 cm
 Viewed:  31565 Time(s)

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Bergkristall (Gehn).jpg
 Description:
Quartz
Gehn quarry, Ueffeln, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
4,5 cm crystal
Rock crystal
 Viewed:  31603 Time(s)

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Halit (Salzdetfurth).jpg
 Description:
Halite
Salzdetfurth potash mine, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
10 x 8,5 cm
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PostPosted: Jan 19, 2014 15:21    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

One more classic


Pyrargyrite - St. Andreasberg_St. Andreasberg District_Harz Mountains_Niedersachsen_Germany.jpg
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Pyrargyrite
St. Andreasberg, St. Andreasberg District, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany
Main rosette size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm
Former collection of Folch (duplicates)

Specimen & Photo: Reference Specimens
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Pyrargyrite - St. Andreasberg_St. Andreasberg District_Harz Mountains_Niedersachsen_Germany.jpg



Pyrargyrite Germany RH99F9 RRR.jpg
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Record of the Folch Collection and handwritten label with the original label of the New York dealer Hugh A. Ford
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PostPosted: Jan 20, 2014 07:32    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

"Duplicado liliput", fantastic!

St. Andreasberg is famous not only for silver minerals but for zeolites too. Stilbite crystal aggregates reached 7 cm (!), harmotome crystals 2 cm (Andreasberg is the type locality for harmotome; "andreasbergolite" is a very old name for that mineral), heulandites nearly 2 cm. Rare zeolites are analcime, chabazite, laumontite and gmelinite.



Heulandit (Samson).jpg
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Heulandite
Catharina Neufang mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
5 x 2 cm; crystals up to 1,8 cm
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Stilbit (St. Andreasberg).jpg
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Stilbite, calcite
St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
5 x 3 cm
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Harmotom (St. Andreasberg).JPG
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Harmotome, calcite
St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
7 x 5 cm
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PostPosted: Feb 06, 2014 17:54    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Beautifully twinned harmotome crystals. Not a micromount or a thumbnail (my favorite sizes), but I love the specimen!. Marv
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PostPosted: Apr 01, 2014 05:40    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Of course i don´t have space for specimens like that. But...


Analcim (Duingen).jpg
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Analcime
Diekmann clay pit, Duingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
30 x 17 cm, crystals up to 2 cm
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PostPosted: Nov 15, 2014 05:18    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

"Kanonenspat" calcite from Sankt Andreasberg, a famous classic among German minerals (though this is only a minor reference specimen):


Calcit-StAndreasb..JPG
 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: Specimen size 7 cm
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PostPosted: Jul 15, 2015 04:30    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Rare red "Rubinblende" crystals from Wildemann. Ex E.J. Fröbe collection, obtained from Max Geipel/Eisleben in 1908.


Sphalerit (Wildemann).jpg
 Mineral: Sphalerite, siderite, quartz
 Locality:
Wildemann, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: 7 x 5,5 cm
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PostPosted: Apr 24, 2016 11:43    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Nice little sulphate specimen from a classic locale:


Rozenit (Rammelsberg).jpg
 Mineral: Rozenite, Chalcanthite
 Locality:
Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: 3 x 2,5 cm
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PostPosted: Jun 01, 2016 03:09    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Something i tried to find for years: a good Andreasberg fluorite. Now i managed to get one that´s good enough for me...


Fluorit (St. Andreasberg).jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite, Calcite, Galena, Quartz
 Locality:
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: 1 cm crystal
 Description:
Old specimen from Archduke Stephan collection via Carl Rumpff collection and Berlin Natural History Museum.
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PostPosted: Sep 26, 2016 09:51    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Another example of Germany's most favourite calcites:


StAndrCALC2.JPG
 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: Specimen size 8 cm, largest crystal 1,4 cm
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PostPosted: Apr 26, 2017 05:59    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Classic of classics, Sant Andreasberg is the type locality for the Dyscrasite (and many other species... ;-)


Dyscrasite - Sant Andreasberg mining area_Goslar District_Harz_Niedersachsen_Germany.jpg
 Mineral: Dyscrasite
 Locality:
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: 1.8 × 0.9 × 0.7 cm
 Description:
Type locality
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PostPosted: Mar 26, 2018 11:33    Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Niedersachsen - Lower Saxony  

Even in Germany these are not well known...


Apatit Pente.jpg
 Mineral: Apatite
 Locality:
Pente Pit, Osnabrück, Osnabrück District, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany
 Dimensions: 7 mm crystal
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