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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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 Posted: Jan 04, 2013 06:53 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Happy new year!
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Galena pseudo after pyromorphite (Blaubleierz).
St. Helena & Barbara mine, Kautenbach, Bernkastel, Rhineland-palatinate, Germany.
4,5 x 3,8 cm |
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Galena, marcasite
Alter Segen mine, Clausthal, Harz mtns., Lower Saxony, Germany.
7 x 3,5 cm
An 18th Century find, former Zwickau museum collection (Saxony, Germany). |
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Struvite
Nikolai church, Hamburg, Germany.
Crystals up to 1,8 x 0,5 cm.
Loose crystals that were found during the reconstruction of the church in 1845. Original material from Georg Ludwig Ulex who described the struvite first in 1848! |
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42929 Time(s) |
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Zinnwaldite
Vereinigt Feld mine, Zinnwald, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
7 x 6 cm
Good sample from type locality. |
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Amber
Frohe Zukunft coal mine, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
4 x 3 cm |
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L. Alejandro F.G.
Joined: 30 Dec 2012
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Location: Guayaquil
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| Posted: Jan 04, 2013 10:30 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Hi Andreas, You have a beautiful collection and the best of all they are minerals from your country.
Regards.
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2013 08:24 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Hello,
thank you. Here are some more specimens, all from Germany...
Best regards
Andreas
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Copper, native
Segen Gottes mine, Gersdorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
1 x 1/2 x 0,4 cm |
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42767 Time(s) |
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Halite
Lieth, Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
7,5 x 5 cm
Old sample from a nearly unknown locality. It was found in a salt drill before 1890. |
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42771 Time(s) |
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Andalusite var. chiastolite
Gefrees, Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria, Germany.
8 x 6 cm
Old material from one of the most famous German andalusite localities, former August Krantz material (1870). |
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Apatite, var. staffelite
Wilhelmine mine, Dehrn, Nassau, Hesse, Germany.
10 x 9 cm |
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42745 Time(s) |
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Apatite, var. staffelite
Wilhelmine mine, Dehrn, Nassau, Hesse, Germany.
10 x 9 cm
Same specimen, old label on backside |
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42762 Time(s) |
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Carles Millan
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Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 1531
Location: Catalonia
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| Posted: Jan 07, 2013 13:56 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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| Andreas Gerstenberg wrote: | | thank you. Here are some more specimens, all from Germany... |
Concerning the Apatite, var. staffelite label I guess the date is 12-VII-1886 (or should it be 12-VII-1786?). I can't imagine it being 12-VII-1986... What do you think?
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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| Posted: Jan 08, 2013 07:22 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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| No, no, of course 1886 is right...
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Tobi
Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4235
Location: Germany
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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
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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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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55657 Time(s) |
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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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55664 Time(s) |
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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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55653 Time(s) |
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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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55677 Time(s) |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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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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55542 Time(s) |
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Chalcopyrite
Füsseberg mine, Biersdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
4,5 x 2 cm |
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55552 Time(s) |
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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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55511 Time(s) |
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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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55564 Time(s) |
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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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55578 Time(s) |
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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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55480 Time(s) |
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Marcasite after pyrite, calcite, quartz
Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
9 x 6 cm |
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55507 Time(s) |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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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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55541 Time(s) |
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Pyrargyrite
Churprinz mine, Großschirma, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
2,2 x 0,8 cm |
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55535 Time(s) |
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Fluorite
Ilse mine, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
5 x 3 cm |
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55506 Time(s) |
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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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55511 Time(s) |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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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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55389 Time(s) |
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Pyromorphite
Sachsenerz adit, Beihilfe mine, Halsbrücke, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
9 x 8 cm |
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55384 Time(s) |
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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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55428 Time(s) |
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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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55411 Time(s) |
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Copper, native
Käusersteimel mine, Kausen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
6 x 5 cm |
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55410 Time(s) |
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Cerussite
Freihung, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.
2 x 1,5 cm |
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55405 Time(s) |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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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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55403 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Allmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
10,5 x 5,5 cm |
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55306 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Thomas quarry, Waschenbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany.
5,5 x 2,5 cm |
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55351 Time(s) |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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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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55213 Time(s) |
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Baryte, malachite
Christiane mine, Adorf, Hesse, Germany.
7 x 5,5 cm |
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55221 Time(s) |
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Calcite, dolomite
Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
7,5 x 3,5 cm |
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55218 Time(s) |
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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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55213 Time(s) |
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Pyrite, siderite, quartz
Pfannenberger Einigkeit mine, Salchendorf, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany.
6 x 5 cm |
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55212 Time(s) |
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Quartz var. rock crystal
Altenberg tin mine, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany.
2 cm in diameter. |
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55151 Time(s) |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
Joined: 04 Mar 2010
Posts: 336
Location: Chemnitz
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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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55119 Time(s) |
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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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55189 Time(s) |
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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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55155 Time(s) |
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Limonite
Louise mine, Horhausen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
6,5 x 3 cm |
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55088 Time(s) |
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Antonio Alcaide
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Joined: 23 Aug 2009
Posts: 314
Location: Spain
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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
Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4235
Location: Germany
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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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