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Brilon, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Latitude: 51°23'43"N
Longitude: 8°33'58"E
Brilon, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Hydrothermal calcite veins, sometimes with Pb mineralisation.
Thickness of the veins varied between 3 and, rarely, 25 m.

Mineral List

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Aragonite
Baryte
Calcite
var: Sand-Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Dolomite
Galena
Goethite
Hematite
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Limonite
Marcasite
Mendipite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Chalcedony
var: Citrine
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Rock Crystal
Siderite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Symesite ?
'Wad'


26 entries listed. 18 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

- Oberbergamt Bonn, Hrsg. (1890): Beschreibung der Bergreviere Arnsberg, Brilon und Olpe sowie der Fürstentümer Waldeck und Pyrmont. Bonn, xx pp.
- 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: 155.
- Hänisch, H.W. (1996): Der Kalkspatbergbau auf den Briloner Hochflächen. Eigenverlag [Author's publishing], ca. 240 pp.
- Hänisch, H.W. (2003): Der Metall-, Schiefer-, Baryt- und Marmorbergbau von 1200 bis 1951 auf der Briloner Hochfläche. xx, xx pp.


External Links

- http://www.warstein-lexikon.de/bergbau/brilon/metall.htm [Link dead. Dec 2011]
- http://www.the-crystalminer.com/BrilonerSpatbergbau.htm [Link dead. Dec 2011]
- http://www.strahlenfoundation.com

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