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Mückeit – a rare Mineral from the Siegerland in Germany

Matthias Reinhardt

The rare copper-nickel-bismuth sulphide mückeit was first discovered in the Grüne Au mine in Siegerland, Germany. An outline of the special discovery site and the history of the unique find.
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The great apatite cleft on the Finagl

Erwin Burgsteiner

In the summer of 1994, Erwin Burgsteiner discovered an extensive cleft with many excellent pericline-adular sphene and apatite specimens on the Großer Finagl in the Untersulzbachtal.
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Colours of the Earth in cultural epochs and modern ecological trends

Michael Götzinger

A survey of mineral pigments is given along with their availability, occurrences and uses from prehistoric times up to current ecological trends.
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A world-famous discovery site: the Knappenwand epidote site

Erwin Burgsteiner

The Knappenwand in the Untersulzbachtal valley in Salzburg has been a world-famous site for minerals like epidote for over a hundred years. Many different tenants have tried their luck over the...
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