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Tobi
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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
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Jordi Fabre
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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
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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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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
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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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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Tobi
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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
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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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Andreas Gerstenberg
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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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Tobi
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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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Tobi
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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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Andreas Gerstenberg
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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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Andreas Gerstenberg
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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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