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Diabase quarries (incl. Bornberg Mine), Bornberg, Herbornseelbach, Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany

Latitude: 50°42'23"N
Longitude: 8°19'45"E
Diabasbrüche (einschl. Grube Bornberg), Bornberg, Herbornseelbach, Revier Dillenburg, Hessen, Deutschland

Lower carboniferous diabase, worked by several quarries (started in 1840).
In the 19th century, a hematite horizon was mined in the 'Bornberg Mine' (v. Kobell, 1865).

Located near Herbornseelbach, about 4-5 km SE of Dillenburg.

Mineral List

Albite
Analcime
'Apophyllite'
Babingtonite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chalcopyrite
Chrysocolla ?
Datolite
Epidote
Galena
Hematite
'Heulandite'
Ilvaite ?
Laumontite
Malachite
Marcasite
Muscovite
var: Sericite

Orthoclase
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Pyrite
Quartz
Rhodonite
Sphalerite
'Stilbite'


26 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.

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References

- F. v. Kobell (1865): Ueber den Klipsteinit, ein neues Mangansilicat. Sitzungsberichte der königl. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München. Jahrgang 1865. Band II, Mathematisch-physikalische Classe. Sitzung vom 15. Dez. 1865, 340-344. [http://www.archive.org/stream/v2sitzungsberi1865bayeuoft/v2sitzungsberi1865bayeuoft_djvu.txt]
- F. v. Kobell (1866): Ueber den Klipsteinit, ein neues Mangansilicat. Journal für Praktische Chemie 97, 180-183.
- Dana 6:381
- Aufschluss 1971(3), 87-96

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