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

(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 Group'
  		• Tremolite
  		• Tschermakite
  		• Vesuvianite
  		• Wollastonite
  		• Zircon
  		• Zoisite


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