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1st place- "A brief history of Pb-Zn mining in the Upper Silesia area" during The Munich Show 2023.

Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

My cabinet "A brief history of Pb-Zn mining in the Upper Silesia area" during The Munich Show 2023.
Exibition shows old pieces and old german souvenirs from Bytom and Tarnowskie Góry mining area. Last mine was closed in '80, but most of them comes from XIXc and early XXc.
This cabinet won 1st place for the best collectors showcase during this Show.

G6T-UJNPhillipsite Subgroup

Żerkowice quarry, Żerkowice, Gmina Lwówek Śląski, Lwówek Śląski County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Field of View: 15.9 cm
Largest Crystal Size: 10 mm

Phillipsite cross-twins - Żerkowice (Sirgwitz), Lower Silesia, Poland
largest xls - 1cm
comes with old XIXc german label
according to label - bought from Leisner (Wałbrzych/Waldenburg) in 1883

QUR-68FHemimorphite Zn₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂·H₂O , Galena PbS

Helena mine, Szarlej, Piekary Śląskie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Dimensions: 45 mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
Field of View: 17.1 cm

Hemimorphite, galena - Helena mine, Szarlej (Scharley), Piekary Śląskie, Upper Silesia, Poland
4,5x3,5x2cm

1GP-HYTGalena PbS , Quartz SiO₂ , Siderite FeCO₃

Ludwig Mine, Jabłów ore field, Jabłów, Gmina Stare Bogaczowice, Wałbrzych County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Dimensions: 110 mm x 75 mm x 40 mm
Field of View: 22.4 cm

Galena, siderite, quartz - Jabłów (Gablau), Lower Silesia, Poland
11x7,5x4,0 cm
comes with set of old XIXx german labels
In this area silver and lead mining was closed in 1866.

A4M-VNKMalachite Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂ , Pyrite FeS₂ , Calcite CaCO₃

Święcko, Gmina Kłodzko, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Dimensions: 85 mm x 50 mm x 40 mm
Field of View: 18.0 cm

Malachite, pyrite, calcite - Huberek (Hohberg), Święcko, Lower Silesia

8x5x4 - left piece
7x5x4 - right piece

comes with old german label

KRL-7DCLeucoxene, Rutile TiO₂ , Ilmenite Fe²⁺TiO₃ , Amphibolite

Grodziszcze, Gmina Stoszowice, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Dimensions: 65 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm
Field of View: 19.6 cm

Titanomorphit - Leucoxene - Mixed Ti-Fe oxides on amphibolite matrix - Grodziszcze (Lampersdorf), Lower Silesia, Poland
6,5x3,5x3,5cm
ex. Hugo Francke label

EPF-8H8Allophane (Al₂O₃)(SiO₂)_1.3-2·2.5-3H₂O

Koźmice, Gmina Ciepłowody, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Dimensions: 35 mm x 25 mm x 10 mm
Field of View: 12.7 cm

Allophane - Koźmice (Kosemitz), Lower Silesia
3,5x2,5x1cm
comes with old XIX c german label

PCD-L71Pseudomalachite Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄

Miedzianka, Gmina Janowice Wielkie, Karkonosze County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Dimensions: 45 mm x 25 mm x 25 mm
Field of View: 13.8 cm

Pseudomalachite - Miedzianka (Kupferberg), Lower Silesia
4,5x2,5x2,5cm
comes with old french label

J97-MAXMagnesite MgCO₃

Koźmice, Gmina Ciepłowody, Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Dimensions: 35 mm x 35 mm x 20 mm
Field of View: 12.5 cm

Magnesite from Koźmice (Kosemitz) neat Ząbkowice Śląskie (Frankenstein), Lower Silesia Poland
3,5x3,5x2cm

NXL-UQQGalena PbS , Sphalerite ZnS , Marcasite FeS₂

Szarlej, Piekary Śląskie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Dimensions: 17 cm x 9 cm x 7 cm

Specimen from less known "Jenny-Otto" mine. This mine was located in Szarlej (Scharley), part of Piekary Śląskie near Bytom.

"Jenny-Otto" mine was opened in end od XVIII century, and operated until the 1920s. The owner of this mine was "Schlesische AG für Bergbau und Zinkhüttenbetrieb" company.

Specimen comes from 1917.

Ex Berlin Natural History Museum

Photo taken by J.N.Klęsk