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A mineralogical trip through Germany / Hessen - Hesse
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PostPosted: 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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PostPosted: 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
 Description:
 Viewed:  10767 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Rhodochrosite
 Locality:
Bockenrod, Reichelsheim, Odenwald, Hesse/Hessen, Germany
 Dimensions: Approx. 9 cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  10789 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Rhodochrosite
 Locality:
Bockenrod, Reichelsheim, Odenwald, Hesse/Hessen, Germany
 Dimensions: Approx. 8 cm
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 Viewed:  10777 Time(s)

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PostPosted: 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
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Collection: Mineralogical Museum Marburg
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PostPosted: 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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PostPosted: 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:


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 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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PostPosted: 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
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PostPosted: 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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