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Tobi
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 Posted: Oct 14, 2019 11:56 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Bayern - Bavaria |
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I think writing "Marienschacht" on Wölsendorf labels was a common practice because this mine was the most famous of that area because of its Honigspat occurences. As I said before, your specimen really looks like like from Erika Mine, I have never seen such ones from Marienschacht, so not fully trusting the label was the right intuition ;-)
Concerning the Erika Mine, fluorite mining started there in the late 1920s, it was named "Grube Erika" in 1931. It was an active mine from the 1930s to the late 1960s and closed in 1973. I have no information when these reddish fluorites with baryte were found, sorry :-(
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 04, 2022 04:45 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Bayern - Bavaria |
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No question that my new fluorite collection centerpiece ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=78692#78692 ) has to be mentioned here:
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Wölsendorf Mining District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany |  |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 25 x 21 cm, largest crystal 5 cm |
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| Well-defined orange-brown cubes of "honey-spar" fluorite from the classic Wölsendorf area. |
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Jesse Fisher
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| Posted: Oct 06, 2023 14:48 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Bayern - Bavaria |
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Fluorite with dolomite and minor galena, from an unknown mine in the Wolsendorf area.
| Mineral: | Fluorite, Dolomite, Galena |
| Locality: | | Wölsendorf Mining District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 9x5x3 cm overall size. |
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| Former collection of Josef (Sepp) Rastl. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 31, 2024 05:08 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Bayern - Bavaria |
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Another classic from Bavaria:
| Mineral: | manganese dendrites |
| Locality: | | Limestone quarries, Solnhofen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen District, Middle Franconia, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | Specimen size 18 x 13 cm |
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