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Selenite from
Rauschermühle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rauschermühle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:90332
Long-form Identifier:1:3:90332:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘRothenberg quarry, Hefersweiler, Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
36.6km (22.7 miles) ⓘGypsum Deposit, Bad Dürkheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
71.1km (44.2 miles) ⓘFlörsheim clay pit, Flörsheim am Main, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘBranich tunnel, Schriesheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
77.3km (48.0 miles) ⓘDämmelwald clay pit, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
81.7km (50.7 miles) ⓘMathias gypsum pit, Rammelfangen, Wallerfangen, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany
82.0km (50.9 miles) ⓘMain cut, Rollenberg railway tunnel, Bruchsal, Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
83.8km (52.1 miles) ⓘPrinz von Hessen Mine, Darmstadt-Ost, Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘMessel Mine, Messel, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
91.3km (56.7 miles) ⓘLöhley, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
References
Weiß, Stefan (1990) Mineralfundstellen Atlas Deutschland West. Christian Weise Verlag, Munich, Germany. 320pp.
 
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