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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jan 27, 2011 10:15 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Copper alterated to malachite and cuprite xls. 6 cm aggregate from Mina mine, Marsberg, Sauerland, Westphalia. |
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"Porcelaine jasper", a mixture of indialite, mullite and other minerals. Old sample (4 cm) from Planitz, Zwickau, Saxony. |
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"Pseudoapatite", a pseudo of apatite after pyromorphite appearing as greyish crystals up to 4 mm on baryte matrix from the Churprinz Friedrich August mine, Großschirma, Freiberg district, Saxony. The more famous German locality for "pseudoapatites" is the Lorenz Gegentrum dump, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district, Saxony. With Bergakademie Freiberg label (1930). |
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Retinite with lignite in a glass vial (8 cm) from Hartau near Zittau, Saxony. With Bergakademie Freiberg label (1930). |
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Sphaerosiderite on basalt rock from the famous location Steinheim near Hanau, Hesse. 6,5 cm sample with James R. Gregory label (1870). |
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Brown sphaleite xls up to 1,5 cm with pyrite from the Graf Moltke coal mine, Gladbeck, Westphalia. |
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Turquoise from Chrieschwitz, Plauen, Voigtland, Saxony. 8 cm sample having been found during construction works in 1977. |
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Yellowish variscite from the Messbach quarry, Plauen, Voigtland, Saxony. 5,5 cm sample from the type locality with old labels. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Location: Chemnitz
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Posted: Feb 25, 2011 09:28 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Here are some new German minerals of my collection...
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Smoky quartz crystal from Windorf, Bavaria. The crystal is 12 x 5 cm. |
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3,5 cm kutnahorite aggregate from Kaiser Wilhelm shaft, Bülten-Adenstedt, Lower Saxony. In my opinion one of the world´s best kutnahorite locations. |
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6,5 cm malachite sample from Bautenberg mine near Neunkirchen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate. |
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Autunite crystals up to 5 mm from Schlossberg granite quarry, Flossenbürg, Bavaria. |
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Deep yellow calcite (3 cm) with quartz from Remigiusberg, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate. |
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Famous agate from Halsbach near Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony. 12 cm wide sample from a very old find with label dating by 1750-1780. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Feb 25, 2011 09:31 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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And, of course, this one:
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Fluorite from Perlschacht mine, Niederpöbel, Erzgebirge, Saxony. 6,5 cm sample width. |
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Feb 25, 2011 09:59 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Andreas Gerstenberg wrote: | Here are some new German minerals of my collection... |
Hi Andreas,
Could you please supply the size of your smoky quartz crystal from Windorf?
Thanks,
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Location: Chemnitz
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Posted: Feb 25, 2011 10:05 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Hi,
yes, of course. The crystal is 12 x 5 cm.
Regards
Andreas
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Darren
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Posted: Feb 25, 2011 23:59 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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That is one amazing collection of classic and historic German minerals. I always enjoy your updates and posts - thank you!
Darren
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Location: Chemnitz
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Posted: Mar 01, 2011 08:25 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Hi,
thank you very much, Darren!
Regards
Andreas
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Montanpark
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Location: Mainz
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Posted: Mar 01, 2011 17:18 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Hi Andreas,
great stuff again. Like to see the Kutnohorite at its new home ;-) .. you did a hell better photograph than i did before! Do you know the labels origin from the halsbach agate? ... i saw this handwriting before but i am not sure.
Cheers
Roger
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Location: Chemnitz
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Posted: Mar 02, 2011 07:17 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Thanks, Roger. The label´s origin is the so-called Naturaliensammlung der Lehrerbildungsanstalt Amberg/Bavaria.
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Azurite crystal on grey calcite from a classic German azurite location - Thalitter, Hesse. Picture width: 5 mm. |
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Tabular baryte crystal (4 x 3 cm) from Churprinz Friedrich August mine, Großschirma near Freiberg, Saxony. With Dittmersch collection label (1918). |
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2 cm baryte aggregate from Vertrau auf Gott shaft, Himmelsfürst mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg district, Saxony. |
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Cuprite aggregate (2 mm) on baryte from Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest. |
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Eisenkiesel quartz covered with hematite crystals, calcite, dolomite and siderite. Classic find (1920s) from Abraham shaft, Himmelfahrt mine, Freiberg, Saxony. Sample width: 7 cm. Although being "simple" gangue minerals good samples from Himmelfahrt mine (central Freiberg district) are as hard to find as good silver minerals from Freiberg. Especially in the case of district rarities as hematite xls. |
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Dark blue, zoned fluorite crystals on quartz from 450 m level, Beihilfe mine, Halsbrücke, Saxony. Sample width: 8 cm. |
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The above shown galena from Isaak Erbstolln, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district, Saxony after cleaning. Now the quartz matrix shows pale violet colour! The corroded crystal measures 2 x 1,5 cm. |
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6 cm galena crystal from Bleiwäsche near Brilon, Sauerland, Westphalia. Some 20 or 30 years ago this location gave galena cubes up to 20 cm! |
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Such smoky quartz crystals are known from the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria. However, this 7,5 cm crystal is a real oldtimer from Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Location: Chemnitz
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Posted: Mar 10, 2011 07:23 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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And again some more pics:
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Almandine crystals up to 8 mm (some in calcite matrix). Old find from Dr. Linck marble mine, Auerbach, Hesse. |
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Bergakademie Freiberg label. |
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Kieserite in glass vial (10 cm) from Staßfurt, Saxony-Anhalt (type locality). Ex William S. Vaux collection. |
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Loose pyromorphite crystals (2,5 and 4,5 cm) from Heilige Dreifaltigkeit mine, Zschopau, Saxony. |
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12 cm smoky quartz crystal from Bärenstein, Bad Harzburg, Harz mtns. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Mar 16, 2011 08:10 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Calcite xls up to 5 cm on marble matrix from Oberscheibe lime quarry near Annaberg, Saxony. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Mar 31, 2011 05:17 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some new specs:
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Andradite crystals from Kottengrün near Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony. Sample width 7 cm. |
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Calcite crystal (4 x 3 cm) on limestone matrix from the Walhalla limestone quarry, Regensburg, Bavaria. |
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Gypsum aggregate (6,5 x 5,5 cm) from Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. |
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Marcasite on brownish rhodochrosite matrix from Neue Hoffnung Gottes mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg district, Saxony. Sample width: 6,5 cm. |
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Quartz crystals up to 8 cm from Medenbach limestone quarry, Herborn, Hesse. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 31, 2011 06:13 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Hi Andreas,
as usual, very interesting specimens from famous German localities. Only one correction concerning the large quartz from Medenbach: The Herborn area and the Medenbach quarry are not in Rhineland-Palatinate, but in Hesse (only about 45 km away from me). There are also several places with that name in Rhineland-Palatinate, but the one with the limestone quarry is in Hesse (though only a few km away from the border between Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate).
Cheers!
Tobi
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Mar 31, 2011 06:17 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Thanks a lot! It´s a mess with this area...
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Location: Chemnitz
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Posted: Apr 23, 2011 03:03 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some new specimens for today:-)
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Albite twins up to 2 cm from Isselbach quarry, Rupbachtal near Katzenelnbogen, Hesse. |
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Antimonite needles (5-20 mm) on quartz crystals from Bautenberg mine, Neunkirchen, Siegerland. |
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Augite crystals in gneiss matrix from Sayda, Saxony. Specimen width: 8,5 cm. |
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Saddle-shaped dolomite crystal with minor pyrite from Schauinsland near Freiburg, Black Forest. Aggregate heighth: 2,5 cm. |
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Fluorite ("honey spar") from Herzog August zu Randeck mine, Mulda, Freiberg district, Saxony. Sample width: 7 cm. |
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Banded fluorite with quartz (polished) from Schwemmpfennig Erbstolln, Muldenhütten, Freiberg district, Saxony. Picture width: 15 cm. There are, I think, only two specimens existing. |
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Galena crystals (some appearing as Gonderbach twins)on siderite xx from Gonderbach mine, Fischelbach, Siegerland. Sample width: 8,5 cm. |
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3,5 cm galena crystal from Alter Grimberg mine, Niederdielfen, Siegerland. |
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Magnetite crystals (up to 5 mm) richly scattered on garnierite matrix. From South II pit, Callenberg, Saxony. |
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Marcasite crystals with a slight green tarnish from Christiane mine, Adorf, Hesse. Sample width: 10,5 cm. |
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Millerite-"ball" (1,8 cm) on matrix from Pfannenberger Einigkeit mine, Salchendorf, Siegerland. |
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Pleuroceras sp. on pyrite nodule from Reichenbach near Aalen, Suabia. Sample width: 5 cm. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jun 01, 2011 03:25 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Hi,
here are some new specimens for the connoisseurs of German minerals among you;-)
Cheers
Andreas
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Amethyst crystals from Kirschbaum Stehender vein, 11th level, Himmelfahrt mine near Freiberg, Saxony. 7 cm wide sample. |
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Antimonite crystals up to 1 cm on quartz matrix. Very old sample from Brandholz-Goldkronach (in the old days district of Bayreuth or "Baireuth" as the label tells), Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria. |
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Aphthitalite with Syngenite and - propably - Görgeyite in 7 cm glass vial with original label and box. From Volkenroda potash mine, Menteroda, Thuringia. |
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Massive berthierite with characteristic blue tarnish. 9 cm rich ore sample from Heinrich Stehender vein, 13th level, Alte Hoffnung Gottes mine, Kleinvoigtsberg near Freiberg, Saxony. |
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Two intergrown chabazite crystals (about 3 cm each!) from the famous find at Alter Stein quarry, Allendorf, Westerwald. |
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2,2 cm copper sheet from Reichenbach mine, Hohenstein near Reichenbach, Odenwald, Hesse. Some 30, 40 years ago you could pick sheets up to 10 cm out of the dump of this mine... |
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Dolomite after calcite crystals on 6,5 cm sample from Beihilfe mine, Halsbrücke, Saxony. |
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Galena crystals (partly covered with proustite) on baryte. Excellent sample (9 x 7 cm) from Gesegnete Bergmannshoffnung mine, Obergruna, Saxony. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jun 01, 2011 03:28 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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And, of course, for the others too...
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Helvite "monster": 12 x 10 mm crystal on quartz matrix from St. Richard mine, Rittersgrün, Saxony. |
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Pyromorphite on sandstone matrix. 9,5 cm sample from Gute Hoffnung mine, Bleibuir near Mechernich, Eifel mtns. |
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Quartz (crystals up to 5 cm with chlorite inclusions) from Miehlen, Taunus. |
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Schorl in pegmatite from Mulda near Freiberg, Saxony. 8 cm sample. |
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Wire silver in calcite (the wire on the right side measures 1 cm) from Teich Flacher vein, Himmelsfürst mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Saxony. |
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Glassy sphalerite crystals (Ag-bearing, so-called "verglaste Blende") from Himmelsfürst mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Saxony. 7 cm sample with Bergakademie Freiberg label. |
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"Tigererz" - ankerite with minor intergrown argentite: 8,5 cm sample from Himmelfahrt mine, Freiberg, Saxony. |
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Antonio Alcaide
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Posted: Jun 01, 2011 18:40 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Hi Andreas. The german chabazite is gorgeus!! I also like the galenas. Well, I am not a connoisseur of german minerals, of course, but if you go on posting such pictures maybe I will improve my little knowledge.
Cheers
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jul 04, 2011 04:42 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Some new pieces that I recently purchased:
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Dolomite rhombs with minor pyrite on quartz from Unser Fritz mine, Wanne-Eickel, Westphalia. Sample width: 7 cm. |
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Pyromorphite crystals up to 1 cm on matrix from Hofsgrund, Schauinsland near Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. |
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Gypsum (so-called Marienglas, 8,5 x 7,5 cm) from Drosen mine, Ronneburg, Thuringia. These samples are sought-after by local collectors. |
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Jul 13, 2011 08:03 Post subject: Re: Andreas Gerstenberg Collection |
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Three very old samples of chalcanthite (aggregates up to 2,5 cm) from Rammelsberg mine, Goslar, Harz mtns. With label.
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Chalcanthite Rammelsberg mine, Goslar, Harz mtns., Germany 1,5 -2,5 cm each |
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