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Acanthite from
Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany


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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
07580330017271999815939.jpg
Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Acanthite

Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fettelite2
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Glasberg quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:51
Long-form Identifier:1:3:51:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘEmmertsberg quarry, Waschenbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘWaschenbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
9.6km (5.9 miles) ⓘBangertshöhe, Hochstädten, Bensheim, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘHohenstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
56.5km (35.1 miles) ⓘMannbühl Quarry (Giro Quarry), Dannenfels, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
61.5km (38.2 miles) ⓘWeiße Grube, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
63.3km (39.4 miles) ⓘKatharina I Mine, Imsbach, Winnweiler, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
65.6km (40.8 miles) ⓘVertrauen zu Gott Mine, Landsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
66.1km (41.1 miles) ⓘLandsberg, Obermoschel, Nordpfälzer Land, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
73.3km (45.6 miles) ⓘMehlbach Mine, Laubuseschbach, Weilmünster, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
References
Nickel, E., and Fettel, M. (1985): Odenwald. Sammlung geologischer Führer Vol. 65, 2nd ed., Bornträger (Berlin, Stuttgart), 231 pp.
Burisch, Mathias; Gerdes, Axel; Walter, Benjamin F.; Neumann, Udo; Fettel, Michael; Markl, Gregor (2017) Methane and the origin of five-element veins: Mineralogy, age, fluid inclusion chemistry and ore forming processes in the Odenwald, SW Germany. Ore Geology Reviews, 81. doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.10.033
 
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