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Bad Lausick, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germanyi
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Bad LausickTown
Leipzig DistrictDistrict
SaxonyState
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Views of the Thierbaum lignite mining area, in 1916.

Thierbaum lignite mine, Bad Lausick, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
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View of the Bad Lausick lignite mining area, ca. 1925.

Beucha lignite mine, Bad Lausick, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
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Views of the Thierbaum lignite mining area, in 1916.

Thierbaum lignite mine, Bad Lausick, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
01981190017272346928533.jpg
View of the Bad Lausick lignite mining area, ca. 1925.

Beucha lignite mine, Bad Lausick, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
06220000017272346919121.jpg
Views of the Thierbaum lignite mining area, in 1916.

Thierbaum lignite mine, Bad Lausick, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
01981190017272346928533.jpg
View of the Bad Lausick lignite mining area, ca. 1925.

Beucha lignite mine, Bad Lausick, Leipzig District, Saxony, Germany
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Bad Lausick9,026 (2015)
Otterwisch1,552 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
288124
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:288124:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
German:
Bad Lausick, Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland


Bad Lausick is a town in the Leipzig district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 12 km southwest of Grimma, and 29 km southeast of Leipzig.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz
var. Agate
4.DA.05SiO2
var. Amethyst4.DA.05SiO2
var. Chalcedony4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2

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OOxygen
O Quartz var. AgateSiO2
O Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. AgateSiO2
Si Quartz var. AmethystSiO2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si QuartzSiO2

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There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed23.0 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Lausick
Wikidata ID:Q10787

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