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Saarland, Germany

Arweiler Quarry, Reimsbach, Merzig, Saarland, Germany

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Saarland, Deutschland

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Acanthite
Albite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Almandine
Alum-(K)
Alunite
Amphibole Supergroup
Anatase
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
'Asphaltum'
Augite
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
'Biotite'
'Bitumen'
Bornite
Bournonite
Brackebuschite
Brochantite
Brookite
Calcite
Carrollite
Celadonite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite

Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Cinnabar
Clinochlore
Clinosafflorite
'Coal'
Cobaltite
Copiapite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
Digenite
Dolomite
Domeykite
Epidote
Erythrite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Galena
'Garnet'
Goethite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Harmotome
Hematite
'Heulandite'

Ilmenite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Krettnichite (TL)
Lepidocrocite
Libethenite
'Limonite'
Luzonite
Magnetite
Malachite
Manganite
Marcasite
Melanterite
Millerite
Mirabilite
Monazite-(Ce)
Mottramite
Muscovite
Nacrite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
'Petrified Wood'
Pharmacolite
'Phillipsite'
Plumbojarosite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite

Pyrobelonite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Jasper
var: Rock Crystal
var: Smoky Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rutile
Salammoniac
Saponite
Siderite
'Siderogel'
'Smectite Group'
Sphalerite
Strashimirite
Sulphur
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tetrahedrite
Tokyoite
Tyrolite
Ulexite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Zeunerite
Zircon

133 entries listed. 99 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Germany

Saarland
- Merzig
  - Hargarten
    - Hargarten Quarry
  - Merchingen
    - Limestone quarry
  - Orscholz
    - Saarschleife
  - Reimsbach
    - Arweiler Quarry
- Nonnweiler
  - Eisen
    - Korb Mine
  - Forstelbach valley
    - Diabase outcrops
  - Kastel
  - Mariahütte
    - Clay pit
  - Nonnweiler reservoir
    - Quartzite quarry
  - Otzenhausen
    - Iron mines
  - Sötern
    - B52 Road cut
- Saar coal mining area
  - Bexbach
    - Frankenholz Mine
    - Mittelbexbach mine
  - Neunkirchen
    - Wellesweiler
      - Wellesweiler Mine
    - Wiebelskirchen
      - Kohlwald Mine
  - Saarbrücken
    - Dudweiler (Duttweiler)
      - Brennender Berg
    - Fechingen
      - A6 Highway bridge
    - Luisenthal
      - Luisenthal Mine
  - St Ingbert
  - Sulzbach
    - Fischbach
      - Camphausen Mine
  - Völklingen
    - Karlsbrunn
      - Warndt Mine
    - Ludweiler
      - Velsen Mine
- Saarlouis
  - Altforweiler
    - Gertraud sand pit
  - Düppenweiler
    - Copper mine

Germany

Saarland
- Saarlouis
  - Düppenweiler
    - Copper mine
      - Wurzel shaft
  - Nalbach
    - Litermont Mt.
  - Rammelfangen
    - Mathias gypsum pit
  - Saarfels
    - Frühauf gypsum pit
  - Wallerfangen
    - St Barbara
      - Blauwald Mines
        Blauloch adit
        Bruss adit
        Emilianus adit
        Humburg adit
        Kerlinger adit
        Limberg
        Nahtenkeller adit
        Pingenfeld workings
      - Sonnenkuppe
- Schmelz
- St Wendel
  - Freisen
    - Becker Quarry (Hellerberg Quarry)
  - Oberkirchen
    - Weißelberg (Weiselberg)
  - Oberthal
    - Leißberg (Teufelskanzel)
  - Tholey
    - Schaumberg
    - Steinbach
      - Setz quarry
  - Walhausen
    - Raidelberg (Grubenberg; Schlitzloch)
- Wadern
  - Krettnich
    - Manganese mine (incl. Johann Shaft; Jakob Adit)
  - Losheim
    - Scheiden Quarry
  - Nunkirchen
  - Wadrill valley

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References

- Müller, G. (1982): Mineralien des Saarlandes. Tagungsheft VFMG-Sommertagung 1982, VFMG, Heidelberg, Germany, 5-32 (in German).
- Müller, G. (2009): Mineralien des Saarlandes und angrenzender Gebiete. Online database (regularly updated; originally based on Müller (1982)) [http://www.mgas.de/fundstellen/Bergbau-PSL/Mineralien_SNPLH.pdf].

External Links

- http://www.mgas.de/fundstellen/index.htm
- http://www.saarlandbilder.net/gruben.htm

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