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Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Knosberg Quarry, Groß-Umstadt, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Photo: Christian Bracke

Odenwald, Hessen, Deutschland

Note that the southernmost part of the Odenwald range belongs to Baden-Württemberg.

Mineral List

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

Acanthite
'Agardite'
Aikinite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Allophane
Almandine
Alunite
Amphibole Supergroup
var: Byssolite
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
var: Viridine
Andradite
Anglesite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Antigorite
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Argentopyrite
Arsenbrackebuschite
Arsenic
Arseniosiderite
Arsenolamprite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Asbolane
Atelestite
Augite
Aurichalcite
'Axinite Group'
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bavenite
Bayldonite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
β-Roselite
Betekhtinite
Beudantite
'Biotite'
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
'Bismuth Ochre'
Bismutite
Bornite
Braunite
Brochantite
Cacoxenite
Calcite
Caledonite
Carminite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chenevixite
Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Churchite-(Y)
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
Clinobisvanite

Clinochlore
var: Pennine
Clinoclase
Clinosafflorite
Clinozoisite
Cobaltkoritnigite
Coffinite
Conichalcite
Copper
Cordierite
Corkite
Cornubite
Cornwallite
Cosalite
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
Datolite
Delafossite
Descloizite
Devilline
Digenite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dravite
Duftite
Dussertite
Emplectite
Enargite
Epidote
Erythrite
'Feldspar Group'
Fettelite (TL)
Fluorite
Fornacite
Forsterite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gartrellite
Gersdorffite
'Gismondine'
Gladite
Glaucodot
Goethite
Gold
Gonnardite
Graphite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Gypsum
Harmotome
Hastingsite
Haüyne
Hedenbergite
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hentschelite (TL)
'Heulandite'
Heyite
Hinsdalite
'Hornblende'
Hydroxylapatite
Idaite
Ilmenite
Iodargyrite
Jalpaite
Jarosite
Kaatialaite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
'var: Adularia'
Kingsmountite
Kintoreite
Krutovite
Kutinaite
Langite

Laumontite
Lautite
Leadhillite
Lepidocrocite
Libethenite
'Limonite'
Linarite
Löllingite
Luzonite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
'Manganese Oxides'
'var: Manganese Dendrites'
Marcasite
Maucherite
Medenbachite (TL)
Mesolite
Metazeunerite
Microcline
Mimetite
Mixite
Molybdenite
Molybdofornacite
Monazite-(Ce)
Montgomeryite
Montmorillonite
Moorhouseite
Mordenite
Morenosite
Mottramite
Mrázekite
Muscovite
Natrolite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
var: Chloanthite
Offretite
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN
Orthoclase
Oxyplumboroméite
Pargasite
Paxite
Pearceite
'Pearceite-T2ac'
Petitjeanite (TL)
'Petrified Wood'
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Phosphogartrellite (TL)
Piemontite
'Pitticite'
Plumbogummite
Polybasite
Powellite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Proustite
Pseudomalachite
'Psilomelane'
Pucherite
'Pumpellyite'
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrostilpnite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz

Quartz
var: Agate
var: Amethyst
var: Carnelian
var: Chalcedony
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Jasper
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
Rammelsbergite
Realgar
Reichenbachite (TL)
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richelsdorfite
Romanèchite
Rosasite
Roselite
Rutile
Safflorite
'Scapolite'
'Schalenblende'
Scheelite
Schorl
Scolecite
Scorodite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
'Siderogel'
Silver
var: Kongsbergite
Skutterudite
Smithite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Stephanite
Sternbergite
'Stilbite'
Strashimirite
Strengite
Sulphur
Talc
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thomsonite-Ca
Titanite
Tobermorite
Todorokite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Trechmannite
Tremolite
Tridymite
Tripuhyite
Tschermakite
Tsumcorite
Tsumebite
Tyrolite
Ullmannite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Vanadinite
Variscite
Vauquelinite
Vesuvianite
'Wad'
Wittichenite
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Xanthoconite
Xonotlite
Zeunerite
Zippeite
Zircon
Zoisite
var: Thulite

316 entries listed. 252 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Germany

Hesse
- Odenwald
  - Abtsteinach
    - Mackenheim
      - Amphibolite quarry
      - Gravel pit
  - Beerfelden
    - Gammelsbach
      - Manganese occurrence
    - Leonhardshof
      - Baryte mine
  - Bensheim
    - Gronau
      - Hummelscheid
    - Hochstädten
  - Birkenau
    - Kallstadt
      - Hohe Hecke Quarry
    - Löhrbach
      - Walzknopf
  - Brensbach
    - Kilsbach
      - Weichberg Quarry
  - Fischbachtal
    - Billings
      - Mühlberg Quarry
  - Fürth
  - Gorxheimertal
    - Gorxheim
      - Goldloch Shaft
    - Trösel
      - Daumberg
  - Groß-Bieberau
    - Bensenböhlskopf
      - Gabbro quarry
    - Forstberg
  - Groß-Umstadt
    - Heubach
      - Steinerwald Quarry
    - Klein-Umstadt
    - Knosberg Quarry
    - Raibach
      - Hohe Straße
  - Heppenheim
    - Erbach
      - Steinkopf
        Slag locality
        Steinmauer Quarry
    - Essigkamm
    - Kirschhausen
      - Görzklinge
    - Mittershausen
      - Graphite mine
    - Sonderbach
      - Hundskopf
        Röhrig quarry
      - Kohlplatte
        Röhrig quarry (Röhrig gravel works)
    - Wald-Erlenbach
      - Steigkopf Quarry
  - Höchst im Odenwald
    - Forstel
      - Limestone quarry
    - Hummetroth
      - Manganese mine
  - Lautertal (Odenwald)

Germany

Hesse
- Odenwald
  - Lautertal (Odenwald)
    - Reichenbach
  - Lindenfels
    - Das Buch
      - Kreutzer & Böhringer Quarry
    - Seidenbuch
      - Krehberg
  - Mörlenbach
    - Brehmsmühle
    - Nieder-Mumbach
      - Hemgesberg
  - Mühltal
  - Ober-Ramstadt
    - Nieder-Modau
      - Gnade Gottes Mine
    - Wembach
      - Dunkle Platte Quarry
  - Otzberg
    - Hering
      - Erzgrubenwald
      - Pegmatite outcrops
    - Zipfen
      - Erlenstall
      - Schneisenschlag (Schnepfenschlag)
  - Reichelsheim
    - Bockenrod
      - Gaiswiese
        Adolph mine (Adolf Mine)
        Gottfried Mine
    - Erzbach
      - Fortuna Mine
    - Heidenberg
    - Ober-Kainsbach
      - Hirschert
      - Hoher Stein
      - Michelsberg
      - Weiße Mauer
        Berggeist Mine
    - Rohrbach
    - Unter-Ostern
      - Vogelherd
    - Vierstöck
      - Clay pit
  - Rimbach
    - Copper mine
  - Roßdorf
    - Goldkaute Mine
    - Roßberg Quarry
  - Wald-Michelbach
    - Aschbach
      - Minka Mine
    - Ludwig Mine
    - Ober-Mengelbach
      - Gärtnerskopf quarry
    - Straßburg
      - Aussicht Mine
      - Morgenstern Mine

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References

- Nickel, E., and Fettel, M. (1985): Odenwald. Sammlung geologischer Führer Vol. 65, 2nd ed., Bornträger (Berlin, Stuttgart), 231 pp.
- Walger, E. (1955): Über die Odenwälder Schwerspatgänge und ihre Entstehung. Der Aufschluss, Sonderband 2, 62-66.

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