Marble quarry, Stemmas, Thiersheim, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
A small, but aesthetic specimen
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Stemmas, Thiersheim, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Nice group of Quartz crystals with Dolomite, found in a pocket not far from the quarry exit.
Calcite crystal with dolomite, a good specimen for this location.
Chalcedony in different colours, sometimes this could be found at the site in the 1990s.
Nice calcite crystals, found in 1985.
My largest Quartz crystal with Dolomite from this location, collected in a pocket near by the exit of the quarry in 1982.
Quartz crystals with Calcite and Dolomite, self collected in 2003.
Self collected in November 2021
Good specimen for this location, slightly blue chalcedony and white colored calcite crystals, self collected inside the quarry
Calcite var. "Kanonenspat", 2 cm, inside a big dolomite rock
Self collected in 2021
Self collected
The matrix dolomite with some manganic oxides is typical for this location, self collected in November 2021
A good specimen for this location with, on the lower left side, a calcite crystal (size 5 mm); the base material is dolomite, self collected in 2021
Nice colored chalcedony, self collected inside the quarry
Found inside a dolomite pocket, November 2021
Calcite, var. "Kanonenspat", self collected in November 2021.
Coated dolomite specimen, collected 2022
Nice specimen, dark chalcedony and white colored dolomite, self collected in 2021
Nice and small specimen, self collected in November 2021
Self collected in October 2021
A big and interesting specimen with nice colour, self collected
Calcite, var. " Kanonenspat ", found in the 80'years
Found inside the quarry in November 2021
Self collected inside the quarry
The calcite var. " Kanonenspat " is slightly weathered, self collected in November 2021
Interesting quartz specimen in dolomite matrix, self collected in November 2021.
Small quartz specimen in a dolomite matrix, self collected in December 2021
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Collected 2022
Some pockets with nice quartz and calcite specimens are inside the big dolomite rocks, but hard work, photo taken in October 2021.
Photo taken in November 2021
Active quarry in 2009; during this time it was possible to find nice small Quartz and Dolomite crystals.
The exit of the quarry. On the left side you can see a 30-year old empty pocket.
View from the former Thiersheim marble quarry direction Stemmas quarry.
Protection bunker against blasting, this wall was 25 years ago good for crystal pockets
A lot of small pockets with small Dolomite and Quartz crystals inside.
No working action inside the quarry, it`s Winter.
The equipment is in good condition, but they don`t work in Winter.
In former times very interesting part of the quarry
A great deal of this pocket is not visible, but inside I've found some nice dolomite specimens.
Interesting material with a lot of small pockets
Photo taken in October 2021
The Stemmas quarry location in March 2024. No working action is visible.