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Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Rhodochrosite
Louise Mine, Bürdenbach, Altenkirchen, Wied Iron Spar District, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Photo: 2003 John H. Betts
Grube Louise, Bürdenbach (Steinebach), Altenkirchen, Wieder Eisenspat-Bezirk, Westerwald, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Ancient iron mine, abandoned in 1930.
Manganese-bearing siderite veins ('Georg-Silberwiese' veins) hosted by devonian schists, including a suite of Pb-Zn-Cu minerals.

Mineral List

Anglesite
Annabergite
Azurite
Beudantite (TL)
Bottinoite
Boulangerite
Calcite
Carminite (TL)
Celadonite
Cerussite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Corkite
Cuprite
Dolomite
Dufrénite
Erythrite
Geocronite
Goethite
Hematite
Hinsdalite
Kidwellite
'Laubmannite'
Lepidocrocite
'Limonite'
Linnaeite
Malachite
Manganite
Millerite
Mimetite
'Mimetite-M'
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Nickelskutterudite
var: Chloanthite

Oxyplumboroméite
Pattersonite
Pharmacosiderite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rockbridgeite
Siderite
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite
Valentinite
'Wad'


49 entries listed. 42 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 913.
- S. Weiß (1990): "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich).

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