Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hessen, Deutschland

Silicified baryte vein including copper ores, trending from Teufelsstein mountain (about 1.5 km WNW of Reichenbach) to Katzenstein mountain (near Raidelbach, about 2.5 km ESE of Reichenbach). The different outcrops are numbered, starting with point 1.0 about 150 m WNW of Teufelsstein summit and continuing in east-southeastern direction to point 21.0 near the summit of Katzenstein mountain. In the past, the points 5.0, 8.0 and 9.0 near Borstein summit, points 14.0 and 16.1 at Hohenstein mountain and point 20.0 near Katzenstein summit were worked for quartz slabs by local gravestone manufacturers. Mineralogically, these outcrops were the most productive, since most of the rare secondary minerals only occur at greater depth. Today, these quarries are completely backfilled.

On both sides of the baryte vein, at a distance of about 1 m, copper ores were enriched in oxidation and cementation zones to a width of 10-25 cm. From 1840 to 1944, these deposits were worked intermittently at some places between Hohenstein and Katzenstein mountains. What remained of these workings has been landscaped as well.

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Acanthite 'Agardite' Alunite Anglesite Antlerite Arsenbrackebuschite Arseniosiderite Atelestite Azurite Bariopharmacosiderite Baryte Bayldonite Beudantite Bismuth Bismuthinite Bismutite Bornite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Carminite Cerussite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Chlorargyrite

Chrysocolla Churchite-(Y) Clinobisvanite Clinoclase Conichalcite Copper Corkite Cornubite Cornwallite Covellite Cryptomelane Cuprite Delafossite Descloizite Devilline Digenite Djurleite Duftite Dussertite Emplectite Enargite Erythrite Fornacite Galena Gartrellite Goethite Gold Hematite

Hentschelite Heyite Hinsdalite Hydroxylapatite Iodargyrite Kintoreite Langite Leadhillite Lepidocrocite Libethenite 'Limonite' Linarite Luzonite Malachite Medenbachite (TL) Mimetite Mixite Molybdenite Molybdofornacite Mottramite Mrázekite Olivenite Opal var: Opal-AN Oxyplumboroméite Petitjeanite Pharmacosiderite Phosphogartrellite (TL)

'Pitticite' Plumbogummite Preisingerite Pseudomalachite Pucherite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Quartz var: Agate var: Chalcedony Reichenbachite (TL) Richelsdorfite Rutile Scorodite 'Siderogel' Silver Strashimirite Tennantite Tenorite Titanite Tripuhyite Tsumcorite Tsumebite Vanadinite Vauquelinite Wittichenite Wulfenite

120 entries listed. 105 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Germany Hesse Odenwald Lautertal (Odenwald) Reichenbach Borstein Point 3.0 Point 4.0 Point 5.0 Point 6.0 Point 6.1 Point 7.0 Point 8.0 Point 9.0 Point 9.1 Hohenstein Point 10.0

Germany Hesse Odenwald Lautertal (Odenwald) Reichenbach Hohenstein Point 10.1 Point 11.0 Point 12.0 Point 12.1 Point 13.0 Point 14.0 Point 15.0 Point 15.1 Point 16.0 Point 16.1 Point 17.0 Teufelsstein Point 2.0

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