Platte, Annerod, Gießen (Giessen), Hessen, Deutschland
Basalt outcrops known since 1824 for "Kalkharmotom" = Phillipsite. This location has also produced fine Faujasite crystals. Now almost covered with houses.
Located near Annerod, about 5.5 km east of Gießen.
References
- Hentschel, G. (1980) Weitere Offretit-Vorkommen im Vogelsberg (Hessen) - Geol. Jb. Hessen, 171-176, Wiesbaden
- Wernekink (1824) Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte des Harmotoms, Annalen der Physik (Gilberts Annalen) 76, Tafel 2, 171-186.
- Wernekink (1825) Über den Harmotom von Annerode bei Giessen, Zeitschrift für Mineralogie, 1825. 2. Band, 25-32
- S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
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