(Steinbruch Petersberg, Petersberg, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland)
Active quartz-porphyry quarry on Petersberg Mt. (250 m asl).
Located SW of Petersberg, about 10 km north of Halle.
Famous for excellent rosettes of platy synchysite-(Ce).
References:
- A. Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", Schweizerbart (Stuttgart), 2001, pp. 90-91
- Hajek, W. & Gröbner, J. (2007): Allanit, Anatas und Brookit vom Petersberg bei Halle. Lapis 32 (6), 53-57.
- Jahn, S. (2007): Der Petersberg bei Halle a. d. Saale. Mineralien-Welt 18(6), 16-41.
- Schimak, F. (2008): Mineralien Petersberg/Halle (II). Mineralien-Welt 19 (2), 16-17.
Mineral List:28 entries listed. 24 valid minerals.
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