MalachiteWeiken quarry, Kallenhardt, Rüthen, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Photo: Frank de Wit Latitude: 51°26'53"N
Longitude: 8°24'30"E
Steinbruch Weiken, Kallenhardt, Rüthen, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
A quarry in Devonian limestones, operated by the Weiken company. The limestones are cut by numerous cracks and clefts that are filled with younger sediments such as glauconite-bearing sandstones.
Located west of Kallenhardt and immediately west of the Brühne quarry.
References
- D. Pawlowski: "Mineralfundstellen im Sauerland", Weise (Munich), 1991
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