Latitude: 51°35'26"N
Longitude: 11°56'57"E
Steinbruch Petersberg, Petersberg, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
Active quartz-porphyry quarry.
Located SW of Petersberg village, about 10 km north of Halle.
Famous for excellent rosettes of platy synchysite-(Ce) and epidote-allanite-series minerals.
Currently (2007-2010), collecting is only allowed at specific dates (
http://www.mdb-gmbh.de/webseiten/html/aktuelles.asp).
References
- SIEMROTH, J. (1994): Minerale der Seltenen Erden aus dem Porphyr des Petersberges bei Halle. Hall. Jb. Geowiss., 16, 135-138.
- 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.
- Fuchs, N. (2009): Cer-Epidot vom Steinbruch Petersberg bei Halle / Saale. Lapis 34 (9), 50-51.
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