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Gabbro Quarry (Bärenstein Quarry), Bad Harzburg, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany

(Gabbro-Steinbruch (Bärensteinbruch), Bad Harzburg, Harz, Niedersachsen, Deutschland)

Active since 1838. Gabbronorite with hornfels and marble inclusions, alternating with granitic, syenitic and pegmatitic zones. Rich contact metamorphic and hydrothermal mineralizations.
Located in the Radau valley, 3 km south of Bad Harzburg.
Permissions for collecting can not be easily obtained anymore (situation 10/2006).

Refs.:
- Lapis 1978(10), 17
- Der Aufschluss 1981(7/8), 253-273
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1988): Mineralogische Notizen IV, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 39, 153-168
- Emser Hefte 1989(1)
- Schnorrer-Köhler, G. (1991): Mineralogische Notizen V, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 42, 155-171
- http://www.nng.de/werke/harzburg.html
- http://www.mineralienatlas.de/forum/index.php/topic,9494.new/boardseen.html#new





Mineral List:
  		•  Actinolite
  		• Adamite
  		• Albite
  		• 'Albite-Anorthite Series'
  		• Allanite-(Ce)
  		• Almandine
  		• Analcime
  		• Anatase
  		• Andradite
  		• Anorthite
       var: Bytownite
       var: Labradorite
  		• Antigorite
  		• 'Apatite'
  		• Apatite-(CaF)
  		• Apatite-(CaOH)
  		• Apophyllite-(KF)
  		• Arfvedsonite
  		• Arseniosiderite
  		• Arsenolite
  		• Arsenopyrite
  		• Augite
  		• Aurichalcite
  		• Axinite-(Fe)
  		• Biotite
  		• Brookite
  		• Brucite
  		• Calcite
  		• Cerussite
  		• 'Chabazite'
  		• Chalcopyrite
  		• 'Chlorite Group'
       var: Brunsvigite
  		• Chondrodite
  		• Chrysocolla
  		• Chrysotile
  		• Clinochlore
  		• Clinozoisite
  		• Cobaltite
  		• Cordierite
  		• Corundum
  		• Covellite
  		• Cubanite
  		• Datolite
  		• Diopside
  		• Dolomite
  		• Dravite
  		• Dundasite
  		• Elbaite
    var: Verdelite
  		• Enstatite
  		• Epidote
  		• Epistilbite ?
  		• Erythrite
  		• Fayalite
  		• Ferrohornblende
  		• Forsterite
  		• Gadolinite-(Ce)
  		• Galena
  		• Gehlenite
  		• 'Gmelinite'
  		• Goethite
  		• Gold
  		• Graphite
  		• Greenockite
  		• Grossular
  		• Gypsum
  		• Hedenbergite
  		• Hematite
  		• Hemimorphite
  		• 'Heulandite'
  		• Hibschite
  		• Hörnesite
  		• 'Hydrogrossular'
  		• Hydrozincite
  		• Hypersthene
  		• Ilmenite
  		• Jarosite
  		• Kimzeyite
  		• Laumontite
  		• Lazarenkoite
  		• Löllingite
  		• Magnetite
  		• Malachite
  		• Manganite
  		• Marcasite
  		• Mesolite
  		• Microcline
  		• Mimetite
  		• Molybdenite
  		• Montmorillonite
  		• Muscovite
  		• Natrolite
  		• 'Olivine'
  		• Orthoclase
       var: Adularia
  		• Parasymplesite
  		• Pentlandite
  		• Periclase
  		• Pharmacosiderite
  		• 'Phillipsite'
  		• Pigeonite
  		• Pitticite
  		• Prehnite
  		• Pyrite
  		• Pyrolusite
  		• Pyrope
  		• Pyrrhotite
  		• Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Smoky Quartz
  		• Rhodochrosite
  		• Rhodonite
  		• Rucklidgeite
  		• Rutile
  		• Safflorite
  		• Schorl
  		• Schorlomite
  		• Scorodite
  		• 'Serpentine Group'
  		• Spessartine
  		• Sphalerite
  		• Spinel
  		• Stibarsen
  		• Stilbite-Ca
  		• Talc
  		• Titanite
  		• Todorokite
  		• 'Tourmaline Group'
  		• Tremolite
  		• Vesuvianite
  		• Wollastonite
  		• Zircon
  		• Zoisite


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