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A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse
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Tobi
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Location: Germany

Posted: Apr 15, 2018 10:23 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse

A galena from Hesse:

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Mineral:

Galena

Locality:

Aurora Mine, Niederroßbach, Haiger, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

Specimen size 9 cm

Description:

Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo)

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Tobi
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Location: Germany

Posted: Dec 05, 2018 12:19 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse

Some very beautiful rhodochrosites I saw in the Marburg Museum:

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Mineral:

Rhodochrosite

Locality:

Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Bergstraße District, Darmstadt, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

Approx. 9 cm

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Mineral:

Rhodochrosite

Locality:

Bockenrod, Reichelsheim, Odenwald, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

Approx. 9 cm

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Mineral:

Rhodochrosite

Locality:

Bockenrod, Reichelsheim, Odenwald, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

Approx. 8 cm

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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 15, 2019 13:52 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse

Calcite:

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Mineral:

Calcite

Locality:

Nanzenbach, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis District, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

~20cm

Description:

Collection: Mineralogical Museum Marburg

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Tobi
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Location: Germany

Posted: Apr 08, 2020 07:22 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse

Prehnite:

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Mineral:

Prehnite

Locality:

Burgberg Quarry (Trautvetter Quarry), Marburg-Biedenkopf District, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

approx. 25 cm

Description:

Collection Mineralogical Museum Marburg (my photo)

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Tobi
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Posted: Jan 30, 2023 06:09 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse

No update here for nearly 3 years, but my new rhodochrosite (well, new in the collection, but mined between the 1880s and early 1920s) is a real Hessian classic and needs to be mentioned here:

BockRHOD.jpg

Mineral:

Rhodochrosite

Locality:

Bockenrod, Reichelsheim, Odenwald, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

Specimen height 9 cm

Description:

Thin layers of rhodochrosite on brown matrix, typical specimen specimen from Bockenrod in southern Hesse. Mined ~ 100-130 ago.

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jose luis jara jara

Joined: 18 Apr 2019
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Location: Fuenlabrada

Posted: Jan 30, 2023 10:19 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse

Tobi wrote:

No update here for nearly 3 years, but my new rhodochrosite (well, new in the collection, but mined between the 1880s and early 1920s) is a real Hessian classic and needs to be mentioned here:

Some beautiful pieces because of the color, very attractive

Tobi
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Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 4235
Location: Germany

Posted: Aug 12, 2024 05:41 Post subject: Re: A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse

This smoky quartz specimen I recently added to my collection is a very good sample from a locality in southern Hesse:

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Mineral:

Quartz

Locality:

Usingen quartzite works, Usingen, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

18 x 16 cm

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Mineral:

Quartz

Locality:

Usingen quartzite works, Usingen, Hochtaunuskreis, Darmstadt, Hesse/Hessen, Germany

Dimensions:

18 x 16 cm

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