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Rock Crystal from
Henneberg Quarry, Weitisberga, Wurzbach, Saale-Orla District, Thuringia, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz var: Rock Crystal
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fluoriteⓘ1 photo of Rock Crystal associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Pyriteⓘ1 photo of Rock Crystal associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rock Crystal data
Locality Data:Click here to view Henneberg Quarry, Weitisberga, Wurzbach, Saale-Orla District, Thuringia, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:213573
Long-form Identifier:1:3:213573:1
GUID (UUID V4):61d05cdd-761b-41ef-97d4-0368c3c40980
Nearest other occurrences of Rock Crystal
23.9km (14.9 miles) ⓘLorchenmĂŒhle, Thiemitz valley, Schwarzenbach am Wald, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘSilberberg Quarry, Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
44.2km (27.4 miles) ⓘDiabase quarries, Bösenbrunn, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany
47.0km (29.2 miles) ⓘReinersreuth quarry (Köhlerloh quarry), Reinersreuth, Sparneck, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
48.5km (30.1 miles) ⓘKleiner Kornberg, Niederlamitz, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
48.6km (30.2 miles) ⓘStreuspitz, Weißenstadter Forst-Nord, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
49.4km (30.7 miles) ⓘEpprechtstein, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
49.5km (30.8 miles) ⓘUnnamed quarry, Martinlamitzer Forst-Nord, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
52.5km (32.6 miles) ⓘSophienreuth quarry, Schönwald, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
52.6km (32.7 miles) ⓘReicholdsgrĂŒn, Kirchenlamitz, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
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Capitals of Europe', Schools of Modern Art in Germany. J. E. H. Julius Eggeling, Ph.D. Professor...12th and 13th centuries, with ditches hewn in the rock, and several medieval buildings. Of these the chief...on the terrace, beneath which are hollowed in the rock the ora¬ tory and hermitage of St Emilion, and adjoining...ft. below, by a series of steps cut in the soHd rock and known as the “ Ladder.” The best boats in the...which"reduced his position almost to that of a “ subject district.” The townsmen adopted the Reformation in 1524
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youthful abbe to adhere to his profession. army of Germany on a wretched horse, followed by a poor youth ...their less fixed principles, and reduced to rock-crystal, which is earth in its greatest Salts, pyrites...it as they would have done through a piece of crystal. The yellower and weaker rays of sun. the candle...schooner Supply, to the light-house on the North Maiden Rock a part of the stores only were landed, when the...the combs which scor- clear, like the purest crystal, that it is impossible to perceive them, except
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On the Staff of the Carl Zeiss Factory, Jena, Germany. P. A. K. Prince Peter Alexeivitch Kropotkin...only other artists who have risen to eminence. Germany.—A characteristically florid style is here cultivated...seamen and marines:— Obverse: Hope, standing on a rock in the sea, holding in her right hand an olive branch...formerly called aft-er St Boniface, the apostle of Germany, was once the richest in Friesland, and belonged...the east (Khorasan, Parthyaea) only by a narrow district (Choarene and Comisene), where human dwellings
 
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