Link marble works, Roßbach, Bensheim, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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(Marmorwerk Link, Roßbach, Bensheim, Odenwald, Hessen, Deutschland)

Marble with inclusions of pegmatites and calcic silicates, explored from an open cut until 1974.
Located near Roßbach, about 4.5 km NE of Bensheim.

Refs.:
- Der Aufschluss 1977(6), 226
- Lapis 1980(7/8), 16
- S. Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990

Mineral List:

Actinolite
var: Byssolite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Andradite
Ankerite
Antigorite
'Apatite'
'Apophyllite'
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Augite
'Axinite'
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
var: Pennine
Clinozoisite
Copper
Cordierite
Covellite
Cuprite
Diopside
Dolomite

Enargite
Epidote
Erythrite
Forsterite
Galena
Goethite
Gold
Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
Hastingsite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Laumontite
Lepidocrocite
Limonite
Löllingite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Morenosite
Muscovite
Opal
Pargasite
Pharmacolite
Phlogopite
Piemontite

Prehnite
'Psilomelane'
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Jasper
var: Prase
var: Rock Crystal
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rutile
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Sphalerite
Spinel
'Stilbite'
Sulphur
Talc
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Tschermakite
Vesuvianite
Wollastonite
Zircon
Zoisite

96 entries listed. 76 valid minerals.

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