Limestone quarries, Steeden, Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Pyrolusite in XX, very scarce Width about 1 cm
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Specimen size is 2,5 x 2,2 cm.
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Calcite on calcites Width about 6 cm
FOV ~ 9 cm.
Size of aggregates 1 mm. Found in Quarry Nr. 3. Collected 25.06.2002
Height of specimen is 4 cm. Found in Quarry Nr.4.
Colourfull iridescent limonite. Width of picture is 1 cm. Found in Quarry Nr.4.
Specimen size is 4 x 4 cm.
Flattended rhombohedric calcite crystals partially covered by Mn-Oxides. FOV is 8 cm. Found in quarry Nr. 4.
Two small specimens of highly lustrous limonite. Size of the left specimen is 3 x 2,5 cm. Collected in quarry No. 4.
Aggregate of flattended rhombohedric calcite crystals overgrown by small quartz crystals. Found in quarry Nr. 3. Size of aggregate 3,5 cm.
Crystal size is 1 cm.
Specimen size is 4 x 3 cm.
Specimen size is 5,5 x 3,5 cm.
This picture show the active quarry (Nr.4). Picture taken June 25th, 2002.
This picture shows the active quarry (Quarry Nr.4). Picture is taken in July 2010.
This picture shows the inactive quarry Nr.3. Picture taken Jan. 2002.
view of the quarry