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Magnetite from
Blaue Kuppe, Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany


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Magnetite

Blaue Kuppe, Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
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Magnetite

Blaue Kuppe, Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
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Magnetite

Blaue Kuppe, Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Blaue Kuppe, Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:178192
Long-form Identifier:1:3:178192:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
28.6km (17.8 miles) ⓘPflasterkaute quarry, Marksuhl, Gerstungen, Wartburg District, Thuringia, Germany
40.3km (25.0 miles) ⓘHoher Hagen, Dransfeld, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
40.5km (25.2 miles) ⓘHessian Depression, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
47.3km (29.4 miles) ⓘBackenberg quarries, Güntersen, Adelebsen, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
50.5km (31.4 miles) ⓘBühl, Weimar, Ahnatal, Kassel District, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
51.0km (31.7 miles) ⓘKönigshall-Hindenburg mine, Reyershausen, Bovenden, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
53.8km (33.4 miles) ⓘBramburg Quarry, Adelebsen, Göttingen District, Lower Saxony, Germany
65.2km (40.5 miles) ⓘTreysa meteorite, Schwalmstadt, Schwalm-Eder, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
67.3km (41.8 miles) ⓘPhonolite quarry, Rupsroth, Hilders, Fulda, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
69.5km (43.2 miles) ⓘManganese deposit, Ilfeld, Harztor, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany
References
Koritnig, Sigmund (1954) Die Blaue Kuppe bei Eschwege mit ihren Kontakterscheinungen. Heidelberger Beiträge zur Mineralogie und Petrographie, 4 (6). 504-521 doi:10.1007/bf01129857
Belendorff, Klaus (2005) Die Blaue Kuppe bei Eschwege in Hessen, ein weltberühmter Fundort [The Blaue Kuppe near Eschwege in Hesse, a world-famous site]. Mineralien Welt, 16 (4). 38-48
 
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