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Hoffnung Mine (Spes Mine), Martinsknipp hill, Ahrbrück, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

(Grube Hoffnung (Grube Spes), Martinsknipp, Ahrbrück, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Eifel, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland)

Sb mineralizations in sandstones and devonian schists. A few dumps are still remaining in the area between Lind and Brück. Located on Martinsknipp hill near Ahrbrück, about 11 km SE of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, in the western Eifel mountains.



References:
- Erbreich (1827): Geognostische Beschreibung der Spießglanzlagerstätte in dem Conzessionsfelde Hoffnung bei dem Dorfe Brück, in der Bürgermeisterei und im Kreise Daun, Regierungsbezirk Koblenz, Archiv für Bergbau und Hüttenwesen, Vol.16, 44-53, Berlin
- Beyer, H., (1978): Über Haldenfunde aus den Antimonitgängen von Ahrbrück (Eifel) insbesondre über einen Cabreritfund, Der Aufschluss, 11, 401-408
- Weiß, S. (1990): "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich)
- Wagner, T., and Cook, N.J. (2000): Late-Variscan antimony mineralisation in the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge, NW Germany: evidence for stibnite precipitation by drastic cooling of high-temperature fluid systems. Mineralium Deposita 35, 206-222.





Map Reference: 50°29'5"N , 6°57'57"E

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Mineral List:
Annabergite
var: Magnesian Annabergite

Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Baryte
Berthierite
Bindheimite
Boulangerite
Cervantite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Cuprite
Dolomite
Erythrite
Gypsum
Heterogenite
Ilvaite ?
Kermesite
Limonite
Metastibnite
Plagionite
Pyrite
var: Arsenian Pyrite
Quartz
Roméite
Semseyite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Stibiconite
Stibnite
Talc
Valentinite
Veenite ?
Zinkenite


33 entries listed. 28 valid minerals.

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