FMF Minerals Gallery

Calcite Seifersdorf quarry, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 7 x 6 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite Seifersdorf quarry, Freibe

Calcite Steltenberg quarry, Hohenlimburg, Sauerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 8 x 6,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite Steltenberg quarry, Hohenl

Calcite Thomas quarry, Waschenbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany. 5,5 x 2,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite Thomas quarry, Waschenbach

Calcite Rabenstein limestone mine near Chemnitz, Germany 3,5 cm Clear calcite from a famous Saxon calcite location: Rabenstein limestone mine near Chemnitz, where calcites up to 50 cm were found in the old days... (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite Rabenstein limestone mine

Calcite (later corrected to siderite) from Bräunsdorf near Freiberg, Saxony. A 1900s label. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite (later corrected to sideri

Calcite (variety cobaltian calcite)
Gnade Gottes Mine, Alter Schmiedestollen adit, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
5,5 x 4,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite (variety cobaltian calcite)
Gnade Gottes Mine, Alter Schmiedestollen adit, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, G

Calcite crystal (4 x 3 cm) on limestone matrix from the Walhalla limestone quarry, Regensburg, Bavaria. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite crystal (4 x 3 cm) on lime

Calcite on siderite from Kamsdorf, Thuringia. Ex Kessler collection. Sample width: 8 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite on siderite from Kamsdorf,

Calcite xls up to 5 cm on marble matrix from Oberscheibe lime quarry near Annaberg, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite xls up to 5 cm on marble m

Calcite, amethyst Juchem quarry, Niederwörresbach, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Picture width: 9 cm Extremely large amethyst crystals for this locality! (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, amethyst Juchem quarry, N

Calcite, amethyst Juchem quarry, Niederfischbach, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Picture width 10 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, amethyst Juchem quarry, N

Calcite, Baryte, Quartz
Felsenschlag, Gehlberg, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
5 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, Baryte, Quartz
Felsen

Calcite, chalcopyrite Segen Gottes mine, Gersdorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 6,5 x 5 cm Beige coloured crystals with a silky luster on the terminations. That´s what was given the old German name "Atlasspat" for. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, chalcopyrite Segen Gottes

Calcite, dolomite Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 7,5 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, dolomite Schlema, Erzgebi

Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite
Himmlisch Heer Mine, Cunersdorf, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
11 x 8 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite
Hi

Calcite, hematite Falkenstein mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Hesse, Germany. 11 x 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, hematite Falkenstein mine

Calcite, manganite
Ilfeld, Nordhausen, Nordhausen District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
10 x 8 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, manganite
Ilfeld, Nor

Calcite, Marcasite, Sphalerite
Diepenlinchen Mine, Stolberg, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
8,5 x 7,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, Marcasite, Sphalerite
Diepenlinchen Mine, Stolberg, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, German

Calcite, pyrite
Beerwalde Mine, Ronneburg U deposit, Gera, Greiz District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
8 x 6,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, pyrite
Beerwalde Mine

Calcite, quartz Strassburg adit, Friedrich-Christian mine, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 10 x 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, quartz Strassburg adit, F

Calcite, siderite, quartz Neudorf, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 6,8 x 4,2 cm 3 cm crystal on siderite with Bergakademie Freiberg label (1940-1950). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, siderite, quartz Neudorf,

Calcite, smithonite Rammelsberg mine, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany. 4 x 2,5 cm Brown "Galmei"-covering on calcite xls. Most of these specimens show hollow pseudomorphs of smithonite after calcite, well-crystallized calcite is quite rare. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite, smithonite Rammelsberg mi

Calcite
Wenzel Mine, Frohnbach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
9 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite
Wenzel Mine, Frohnbach

Calcite
Gesegnete Bergmannshoffnung Mine, Obergruna, Großschirma, Mittelsachsen (Freiberg), Chemnitz, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
14,5 x 11,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite
Gesegnete Bergmannshof

Calcite
Seifersdorf Quarry, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
5 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite
Seifersdorf Quarry, Fr

Calcite
Bochum, Ruhr Coal Mining area, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
12 x 8 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite
Bochum, Ruhr Coal Mini

Calcite
Zechengrund, Beulwitz, Saalfeld, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
9 x 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite
Zechengrund, Beulwitz,

Calcite
Leilenkopf Quarry, Burgbrohl, Ahrweiler, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
4 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite
Leilenkopf Quarry, Bur

Calcite
Caaschwitz Quarry, Gera, Greiz District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
9 x 6 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Calcite
Caaschwitz Quarry, Ger

Cassiterite, fluorite, arsenopyrite Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 5,5 x 4,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cassiterite, fluorite, arsenopyrit

Cassiterite
Geyer, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
4 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cassiterite
Geyer, Ehrenfriede

Celestine Alvensleben quarry, Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany Largest crystal: 2 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Celestine Alvensleben quarry, Rüde

Celestine Alvensleben quarry, Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany Largest crystal: 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Celestine Alvensleben quarry, Rüde

Celestine Alvensleben quarry, Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany 9 x 5 cm Such a deep blue colour is very rare at Rüdersdorf. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Celestine Alvensleben quarry, Rüde

Celestite Dornburg, Jena, Thuringia, Germany 4,5 x 1,5 cm Type locality. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Celestite Dornburg, Jena, Thuringi

Celestite Jochenberg quarry, Bad Kösen, Naumburg, Saxony-Anhalt. 7,5 x 6,5 cm Crystals up to 2 cm, good sample for that locale. The Bad Kösen paragenesis is very similar to the known Rüdersdorf (near Berlin) celestite occurence. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Celestite Jochenberg quarry, Bad K

Celestite Karlstadt, Schweinfurt, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. 3,5 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Celestite Karlstadt, Schweinfurt,

Cerussite Freihung, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. 2 x 1,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cerussite Freihung, Upper Palatina

Cerussite Friedrichssegen mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 4 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cerussite Friedrichssegen mine, B

Cerussite Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany. 7,3 x 5,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cerussite Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower

Cerussite Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany. 7,3 x 5,5 cm Comes with its original Erzherzog Stephan label. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cerussite Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower

Cerussite, galena, baryte Rohdenhaus quarry, Wülfrath, Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany. 6 x 4 cm Clear cerussite crystal (approx. 1,8 x 1,3 cm) from a Pb/Zn vein in a limestone quarry. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cerussite, galena, baryte Rohdenha

Cerussite
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
9 x 6,5 x 2 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cerussite
Rosenberg Mine, Brau

Chalcanthite Rammelsberg mine, Goslar, Harz mtns., Germany 1,5 -2,5 cm each (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcanthite
Rammelsberg mine,

Chalcanthite
Beihilfe Mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
8 x 5,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcanthite
Beihilfe Mine, Ha

Chalcopyrite Füsseberg mine, Biersdorf, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 4,5 x 2 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite Füsseberg mine, Biers

Chalcopyrite on Siderite
Schmiedeberg Mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
9,5 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite on Siderite
Schmi

Chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, malachite St. Lampertus mine, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Saxony, Germany. 6,5 x 5 cm Chalkopyrite from Hohenstein was the best Saxonian gold ore! (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite, malach

Chalcopyrite, quartz Pfannenberger Einigkeit mine, Salchendorf, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany Largest crystal: 2 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite, quartz Pfannenberger

Chalcopyrite, quartz, siderite Pfannenberger Einigkeit mine, Salchendorf, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 3,5 x 2,5 cm. Since two weeks part of the collection - already one of my favourites! (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite, quartz, siderite Pfa

Chalcopyrite, quartz, siderite Pfannenberger Einigkeit mine, Salchendorf, Siegerland, Germany. 10 x 7,5 cm Classic cabinet with chalcopyrite crystals up to 2 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite, quartz, siderite Pfa

Chalcopyrite, siderite Georg mine, Willroth, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 8 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite, siderite Georg mine,

Chalcopyrite, siderite Georg mine, Willroth, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 15 x 7 x 5,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite, siderite Georg mine,

Chalcopyrite
Shaft 371, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
8 x 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite
Shaft 371, Schlem

Chalcopyrite
Eisenkaute Mine, Lautzenbrücken, Bad Marienberg, Westerwaldkreis District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
5 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite
Eisenkaute Mine,

Chalcopyrite
Eisenkaute Mine, Lautzenbrücken, Bad Marienberg, Westerwaldkreis District, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
5 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalcopyrite
Eisenkaute Mine,

Chalkanthite, limonite Wolf mine, Herdorf, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 5 x 2,5 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalkanthite, limonite Wolf mine,

Chalkopyrit (Bad Lauterberg).jpg (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chalkopyrit (Bad Lauterberg).jpg

Chamosite variety "thuringite" from the type locality Wittmannsgereuth near Saalfeld, Thuringia. 5 cm polished sample with some pyrite inclusions. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chamosite variety "thuringite

Chapmanite Neue Hoffnung Gottes mine, Bräunsdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 1,5 x 1,2 / 3,8 x 2,5 cm With 1850s Bergakademie Freiberg label. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chapmanite Neue Hoffnung Gottes mi

Chernikovite, meta-autunite
Rockelmann Quarry, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
5 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chernikovite, meta-autunite
Ro

Chloanthite
Mai Shaft, Schneckenstein cliff, Tannenbergsthal, Muldenhammer, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
60 x 55 x 50 mm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chloanthite
Mai Shaft, Schneck

Christophite - a dark ferroan sphalerite from the St. Christoph mine, Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirge, Saxony. Two massive ore samples (3,5 cm each) with old Bergakademie Freiberg label. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Christophite - a dark ferroan spha

Chrysotile Zöblitz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 13 x 5,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Chrysotile Zöblitz, Erzgebirge, Sa

Cinnabar, calcite Mörsfeld, Moschellandsberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 17 x 12 cm Not exactly a beauty but rare material from the mining period (18th Century). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cinnabar, calcite Mörsfeld, Mosche

Cinnabar
Merkur Mine, Silberg, Littfeld, Siegerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
2,8 x 2,3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cinnabar
Merkur Mine, Silberg,

Cinnabar
Königsberg Mine, Hohensolms, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen Region, Hesse/Hessen, Germany
9 x 6 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cinnabar
Königsberg Mine, Hoh

Clear fluellite crystals from Cornelia fieldspar mine, Hagendorf, Bavaria. Picture width 3 mm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Clear fluellite crystals from Corn

Clear quartz crystal (double terminated) with inclusions of asphalt and natural gas. You can even switch the gas bubble in the crystal! A rarity from Zschorlau near Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Clear quartz crystal (double termi

Clear quartz crystals on 7 cm wide sample from Piesberg sandstone quarry, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Clear quartz crystals on 7 cm wide

Clear syngenite crystals on white halite cubes from Sigmundshall potash mine, Bokeloh near Hannover, Lower Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Clear syngenite crystals on white

Collecting minerals is sometimes quite a funny thing. You find them where you don´t consider them to be. This gypsum comes from the Jordansprudel, a mineral spring near Bad Oeynhausen, Westphalia. The crystals sometimes really plug the water pipes... (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Collecting minerals is sometimes q

Copper Friedrichssegen mine, Bad Ems, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 8 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Copper Friedrichssegen mine, Bad

Copper alterated to malachite and cuprite xls. 6 cm aggregate from Mina mine, Marsberg, Sauerland, Westphalia. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Copper alterated to malachite and

Copper, native Käusersteimel mine, Kausen, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 6 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Copper, native Käusersteimel mine,

Copper, native Segen Gottes mine, Gersdorf, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 1 x 1/2 x 0,4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Copper, native Segen Gottes mine,

Copper, native
Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Bergstraße District, Darmstadt, Hesse/Hessen, Germany
10,5 x 8 x 1,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Copper, native
Reichenbach, La

Copper
Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Bergstraße District, Darmstadt, Hesse/Hessen, Germany
10,5 x 8,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Copper
Reichenbach, Lautertal

Cornwallite
Sophie Mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
9 x 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cornwallite
Sophie Mine, Gosen

Covellite
Sangerhausen, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
8,5 x 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Covellite
Sangerhausen, Mansfe

Crednerite (black crusts) with rich azurite covering on sandstone from the Rathsfeld copper mine, Kyffhäuser mtns., Thuringia. Picture width: 10 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Crednerite (black crusts) with ric

Cuprite aggregate (2 mm) on baryte from Clara mine, Oberwolfach, Black Forest. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cuprite aggregate (2 mm) on baryte

Cuprite, copper Glückauf mine, Hüttschental, Wildemann, Harz mtns., Lower Saxony, Germany 5,8 x 5,2 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cuprite, copper Glückauf mine, Hüt

Cuprite
Neue Hoffnung Mine, Niederdreisbach, Daaden-Herdorf, Altenkirchen District, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
4,5 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cuprite
Neue Hoffnung Mine, Ni

Cuprite
Rosengarten Mine, Gosenbach, Siegen, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
8 x 6 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cuprite
Rosengarten Mine, Gose

Curious label of a baryte from Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Curious label of a baryte from Sau

Cut Pöhla Baryte (0,32 ct). A very unusual precious stone... (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cut Pöhla Baryte (0,32 ct). A very

Cyclowollastonite (wollastonite with cyclosilicate structure), a synthetic product from the Sontra smelter near Richelsdorf, Hesse. Picture width 9 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Cyclowollastonite (wollastonite wi

Dark amber from the Lichtenberg open pit, Ronneburg uranium district, Thuringia (very rare!). 8 cm polished sample from a 1959 find. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dark amber from the Lichtenberg op

Dark blue hauyne crystal (8 mm) from Niedermendig, Eifel mtns. Ex Vogel collection (1940). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dark blue hauyne crystal (8 mm) fr

Dark blue, zoned fluorite crystals on quartz from 450 m level, Beihilfe mine, Halsbrücke, Saxony. Sample width: 8 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dark blue, zoned fluorite crystals

Dark bluish green allophane on dolomite from Viktor mine, Eisenberg near Korbach, Sauerland, Hesse (8,5 cm). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dark bluish green allophane on dol

Dark brown sphalerite twin (1 cm) on dolomite and quartz. Found in the Aurora mine, Ramsbeck, Sauerland. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dark brown sphalerite twin (1 cm)

Dark green fluorite octahedrons (pale violet in the center) from a new find at 221 shaft (Third level), Rittersgrün, Erzgebirge, Saxony. Sample 7 cm in width. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dark green fluorite octahedrons (p

Dark grey psilomelane nodules from Dr. Geier mine, Waldalgesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. The picture shows a 10 cm wide sample from the locality which is famous for rhodochrosites. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dark grey psilomelane nodules from

Dark red ianthinite crystals, alterating to yellow schoepite as a 3 mm aggregate on quartz from the Krunkelbach Uranium prospect, Menzenschwand, Black Forest. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dark red ianthinite crystals, alte

Datolite St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany. 7,5 x 6,5 cm A very old classic, probably from the Wäschegrund near Andreasberg. With Carl Schiffner label (~1920). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Datolite St. Andreasberg, Harz, Lo

Deep blue azurite crystals forming a layer on quartz. In the 1960s and 1970s samples of this quality were not that rare on the dumps of the Glücksrad mine, Oberschulenberg, Harz mtns. Sample width approx. 10 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Deep blue azurite crystals forming

Deep yellow calcite (3 cm) with quartz from Remigiusberg, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Deep yellow calcite (3 cm) with qu

Descloizite Hofsgrund, Schauinsland, Freiburg, Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, German 6 x 4,5 cm In fact the best German descloizite that i´ve ever seen. Collected around 1870. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Descloizite Hofsgrund, Schauinslan

Descloizite Südfeld, Hofsgrund, Schauinsland, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 5 x 3,5 cm. The Schauinsland district is the best known location for German descloizites. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Descloizite Südfeld, Hofsgrund, Sc

Detailed label (1900) of a skutterudite from Rother Berg near Kamsdorf, Thuringia. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Detailed label (1900) of a skutter

Different view on the crystal. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Different view on the crystal.

Dittmersch-Etikett (Baryt Großschirma).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dittmersch-Etikett (Baryt Großschi

Dolomite Gosenbach, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. 6 x 5 cm This is a very uncommon colour for a German dolomite. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite Gosenbach, Siegerland, Rh

Dolomite after calcite crystals on 6,5 cm sample from Beihilfe mine, Halsbrücke, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite after calcite crystals on

Dolomite rhombs with minor pyrite on quartz from Unser Fritz mine, Wanne-Eickel, Westphalia. Sample width: 7 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite rhombs with minor pyrite

Dolomite var. cobaltoan dolomite Alte Lurzenbach mine, Gosenbach, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 5 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite var. cobaltoan dolomite A

Dolomite, chalcopyrite Vereinigung mine, Katzwinkel, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 8 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite, chalcopyrite Vereinigung

Dolomite, Chalcopyrite, Baryte
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
11 x 8 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite, Chalcopyrite, Baryte
Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, German

Dolomite, pyrite Grüner Löwe mine, Gosenbach, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 12 x 8 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite, pyrite Grüner Löwe mine,

Dolomite
Bautenberg Mine, Wilden, Wilnsdorf, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
7 x 4,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite
Bautenberg Mine, Wild

Dolomite
Glücksbrunn, Schweina, Bad Liebenstein, Wartburgkreis District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
7 x 6 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dolomite
Glücksbrunn, Schwein

Dravite Hüttermühle, Radeberg, Dresden, Saxony, Germany. 8 x 2,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dravite Hüttermühle, Radeberg, Dre

Dravite Hüttermühle, Radeberg, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany 7 x 2,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dravite Hüttermühle, Radeberg, Upp

Duftite, galena, fluorite, baryte Mulda, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 8 x 6,5 cm The only existing duftite sample from Mulda. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Duftite, galena, fluorite, baryte

Dyscrasite, pyrargyrite Samson mine, St. Andreasberg, Harz mtn., Lower Saxony, Germany. 7 x 5,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Dyscrasite, pyrargyrite Samson min

Eisenkiesel (Zobes).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Eisenkiesel (Zobes).JPG

Eisenkiesel quartz covered with hematite crystals, calcite, dolomite and siderite. Classic find (1920s) from Abraham shaft, Himmelfahrt mine, Freiberg, Saxony. Sample width: 7 cm. Although being "simple" gangue minerals good samples from Himmelfahrt mine (central Freiberg district) are as hard to find as good silver minerals from Freiberg. Especially in the case of district rarities as hematite xls. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Eisenkiesel quartz covered with he

Elbait (Wolkenburg).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Elbait (Wolkenburg).JPG

Elbaite Penig, Granulitgebirge, Saxony, Germany Largest crystal: 1,2 x 0,4 cm Partly gemmy, with ancient Krantz label (ca. 1890) (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Elbaite Penig, Granulitgebirge, Sa

Elbaite (indicolite) Penig, Granulitgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 1,2 x 1 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Elbaite (indicolite) Penig, Granul

Elbaite (variety rubelite), Orthoclase
Wolkenburg, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
3,8 x 3,2 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Elbaite (variety rubelite), Orthoclase
Wolkenburg, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen

Elongated gypsum crystals on bluish grey rostite from the Schiefermühle quarry, Rammelsberg deposit, Goslar, Harz. The crystals measure about 3 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Elongated gypsum crystals on bluis

Emplectite needles (up to 4 mm) on chalcopyrite from Käfersteige mine, Pforzheim, Black Forest. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Emplectite needles (up to 4 mm) on

Emplectite, fluorite, hematite Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Picture width: 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Emplectite, fluorite, hematite Alt

Emplectite, siderite, quartz Tannenbaum adit, Erla, Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 10 x 8,5 cm With old Maucher label. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Emplectite, siderite, quartz Tanne

Enstatite var. bronzite from the classic locality Peterlesstein near Kupferberg, Bavaria. Sample width: 55 mm. With Bergakademie Freiberg label. The latest collection addition;-) (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Enstatite var. bronzite from the c

Epidote Sulzbach, Hemsbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany. 3,5 x 0,9 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Epidote Sulzbach, Hemsbach, Odenwa

Epidote Sulzbach, Hemsbach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany 3,5 x 0,9 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Epidote Sulzbach, Hemsbach, Odenwa

Epidote, albite
Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
8 x 5,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Epidote, albite
Schwarzenberg

Epsomite Himmelsfürst mine, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 8 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Epsomite Himmelsfürst mine, Freibe

Ericaite Niedersachsen-Riedel potash mine, Wathlingen, Lower Saxony, Germany 5 x 4 cm Type locality. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Ericaite Niedersachsen-Riedel pota

Etikett (Russellit Johanngeorgenstadt).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Etikett (Russellit Johanngeorgenst

Etikett Amethyst (Dresden).jpg (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Etikett Amethyst (Dresden).jpg

Etikett Dialogit (Freiberg).jpg (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Etikett Dialogit (Freiberg).jpg

Etikett Euba.jpg (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Etikett Euba.jpg

Etikett Rhodochrosit (Freiberg).jpg (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Etikett Rhodochrosit (Freiberg).jp

Even the most German collectors do not know the fluorites from Hühn fluorspar mine, Trusetal, Thuringia. In the 1950s in this mine crystals (cubes) were found, deep green and blue in color, measuring up to 5 cm, some on good baryte crystals. They look like the famous Halsbrücke fluorites from the Freiberg district, Saxony. The picture shows a 6 cm sample with pale blue cubes (some with rosé zoning at the edges). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Even the most German collectors do

Excellent Carneole with "craquelee"-structure and a fine fire-red color. Polished section, 6 cm in height from Grünewald, Niederlausitz, Brandenburg. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Excellent Carneole with "craq

Exceptional millerite sample with up to 6,5 cm long golden needles on galena floater with some dolomite from Aurora mine, Ramsbeck, Sauerland, Westphalia. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Exceptional millerite sample with

Faden quartz is very rare in Germany. This one comes from the Gehn quarry, Ueffeln near Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. The crystal group is just 3 mm thick! (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Faden quartz is very rare in Germa

Famous agate from Halsbach near Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony. 12 cm wide sample from a very old find with label dating by 1750-1780. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Famous agate from Halsbach near Fr

Faujasite and phillipsite in "limburgite" (basalt) from the Limburg quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl mtns., Baden-Wurttemberg. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Faujasite and phillipsite in "

Ferberite
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
5,5 x 4,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Ferberite
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenf

Fichtelit (Zeitelmoos).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fichtelit (Zeitelmoos).JPG

Fine colorless krausite needles from the Willi Agatz Shaft, Freital near Dresden, Saxony. Picture width: 4 mm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fine colorless krausite needles fr

Fine old label from the known British mineral dealer James R. Gregory/London (~1870). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fine old label from the known Brit

Flat fluorite cubes from Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony in a for the locality very unusual color. Sample 6,5 cm in height. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Flat fluorite cubes from Sauberg m

Flat gypsum rose from the northern claypit, Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg. 8,5 cm in diameter. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Flat gypsum rose from the northern

Fluorapatite
Knaumühle Quarry, Limbach-Oberfrohna, Zwickau, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
Crystal floaters up to 1,2 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorapatite
Knaumühle Quarry

Fluorapatite
Schönheide, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
Crystals up to 8 mm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorapatite
Schönheide, Erzg

Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
4,5 cm crystal floater (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Himmelsf�

Fluorit (Memmendorf).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorit (Memmendorf).JPG

Fluorit (Rosswein).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorit (Rosswein).JPG

Fluorit (Stecklenberg).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorit (Stecklenberg).JPG

Fluorit, grün (Lieth).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorit, grün (Lieth).JPG

Fluorite 24 shaft, Pöhla, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 3 x 2 cm Rare colour for Pöhla. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite 24 shaft, Pöhla, Erzgebir

Fluorite Abraham shaft, Himmelfahrt mine, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. 5,5 x 3 cm Good Himmelfahrt fluorite from an old miner´s collection (found 1908). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Abraham shaft, Himmelfahr

Fluorite Arnsdorf quarry, Königshain, Görlitz, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany 2,5 cm crystal (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Arnsdorf quarry, Königsha

Fluorite Bach, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. 4 x 4 mm / 14 x 10 mm Facetted fluorites from Schönfärbiges Bergwerk mine (blue) and Reißbühl prospect (brownish/pale green). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Bach, Regensburg, Bavaria

Fluorite Friedrich-Christian mine, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 9 x 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Friedrich-Christian mine,

Fluorite Gabel, Neustadt, Thuringia, Germany. 4 x 3,7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Gabel, Neustadt, Thuringi

Fluorite Hesselbach mine, Oberkirch, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 9,5 x 8 cm Largest cube: 8 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Hesselbach mine, Oberkirc

Fluorite Ilse mine, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. 5 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Ilse mine, Wittichen, Bla

Fluorite Inselt shaft, Frohnau, Annaberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 6 x 2,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Inselt shaft, Frohnau, An

Fluorite Lieth quarry, Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 1,2 cm crystal (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Lieth quarry, Elmshorn, S

Fluorite Lieth quarry, Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Picture width: 9 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Lieth quarry, Elmshorn, S

Fluorite Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 6,5 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriede

Fluorite Schlüchttal quarry, Hotzenwald, Black Forest, Germany 2 mm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Schlüchttal quarry, Hotze

Fluorite Seiffen, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 5,5 cm Very old material from the ancient tin mining district Seiffen. With 18th century label. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite Seiffen, Erzgebirge, Saxo

Fluorite ("honey spar") from Herzog August zu Randeck mine, Mulda, Freiberg district, Saxony. Sample width: 7 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite ("honey spar")

Fluorite (facetted) Hermine mine, Wölsendorf, Bavaria, Germany 12 x 10 mm, 4,22 ct (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite (facetted) Hermine mine,

Fluorite (twin) Flußschacht mine, Rottleberode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 6 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite (twin) Flußschacht mine,

Fluorite crystals on dolomite from Caaschwitz near Gera, Thuringia. The crystal aggregate measures 2 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite crystals on dolomite from

Fluorite from Perlschacht mine, Niederpöbel, Erzgebirge, Saxony. 6,5 cm sample width. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite from Perlschacht mine, Ni

Fluorite is a rather rare mineral at the famous agate locality Oberschlottwitz near Dresden, Saxony. The picture shows corroded cubes with baryte and quartz up to 7 mm on porphyry. Unlike the agates Oberschlottwitz fluorites are no beauties: the shown one is the best I know... (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite is a rather rare mineral

Fluorite octahedrons (in a variety called "Stinkspat" or antozonite) from the Johannes shaft, Wölsendorf, Bavaria. Very rare. Sample width: 5,5 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite octahedrons (in a variety

Fluorite var. antozonite Johannes shaft, Wölsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany 6 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite var. antozonite Johannes

Fluorite var. ox´s eye Patriot mine, Schönbrunn, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany. 9 x 8 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite var. ox´s eye Patriot min

Fluorite, baryte
Stahlberg Mine, Trusetal, Floh-Seligenthal, Schmalkalden-Meiningen District, Thuringia/Thüringen, Germany
5 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, baryte
Stahlberg Min

Fluorite, calcite, chalcopyrite Breiter Berg quarry, Wurzen, Saxony, Germany Crystals up to 12 mm Self-collected in april 2012. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, calcite, chalcopyrite Br

Fluorite, Calcite, Galena, Quartz
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Germany
1 cm crystal (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, Calcite, Galena, Quartz
St. Andreasberg mining area, Goslar District, Harz, Lower Saxony/Niedersachsen, Ger

Fluorite, Calcite
Goethe Quarry, Wallwitz, Petersberg, Saalekreis District, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
9,5 x 8 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, Calcite
Goethe Quarr

Fluorite, chalcopyrite
Thoßfell, Zobes Mines, Shaft 57, Zobes and Bergen mining District, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
52 x 35 x 35 mm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, chalcopyrite
Thoßfe

Fluorite, hematite, quartz Seebachfelsen, Friedrichroda, Thuringia, Germany 5 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, hematite, quartz Seebach

Fluorite, Pyrite, Baryte
Uranus Mine, Letzte Hoffnung Stehender vein, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
8 x 6,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, Pyrite, Baryte
Uranu

Fluorite, quartz Einigkeiter mine, Sauberg, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 6,5 x 5 cm A rare variety of fluorite from 243 working, collected in 1957. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, quartz Einigkeiter mine,

Fluorite, quartz Hermine mine, Wölsendorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. 13 x 8,5 cm Completely undamaged cabinet. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, quartz Hermine mine, Wöl

Fluorite, Quartz, Feldspar, Gilbertite
Wiltzschtal, Eibenstock, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
5 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, Quartz, Feldspar, Gilbertite
Wiltzschtal, Eibenstock, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen

Fluorite, siderite Neudorf, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 7x 6,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite, siderite Neudorf, Harz,

Fluorite
Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine (Churprinz Mine), Großschirma, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
90 x 62 x 36 mm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite
Churprinz Friedrich A

Fluorite
Gelbe Birke Mine, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
11,5 x 8,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite
Gelbe Birke Mine, Sch

Fluorite
Holzmühlental Quarry, Flechtingen Hills, Flechtingen, Börde, Saxony-Anhalt/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
6,5 x 4,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite
Holzmühlental Quarry

Fluorite
Shaft 247, Kaffenberg, Rittersgrün, Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
13 x 7 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite
Shaft 247, Kaffenberg

Fluorite
Malwine Mine, Bergmännisch Glück Flacher vein, Wismut shaft 29b, Frohnau, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
10 x 7,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite
Malwine Mine, Bergmä

Fluorite
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Zweibach vein, 240 m level, Pöhla, Schwarzenberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
4,5 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite
Pöhla-Tellerhäuser

Fluorite
Vater Abraham Mine, Scheibenberg, Annaberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
7 x 6 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite
Vater Abraham Mine, S

Fluorite
Friedrich-Christian Mine, Wildschapbach, Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach, Freudenstadt District, Karlsruhe Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
10 x 9 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fluorite
Friedrich-Christian M

For a German locality rather good dolomite rhombs (some with orientated siderite inclusions, up to 1,5 cm) from the Fuchsberg quarry, Neumagen-Dhron, Eifel mtns., Rhineland-Palatinate. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

For a German locality rather good

For one of my most aesthetic labels I consider this one of a St. Andreasberg stilbite. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

For one of my most aesthetic label

Forgot the arnimite label... (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Forgot the arnimite label...

Former Bally Prior museum/Switzerland: wulfenite from Badenweiler, Black Forest. About 1890. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Former Bally Prior museum/Switzerl

French label of a blue baryte from Königsberg, Wolfstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

French label of a blue baryte from

Frenzel-Etikett (Tharandit Tharandt).JPG (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Frenzel-Etikett (Tharandit Tharand

Fresh silver wires (up to 1 cm) on massive quartz/silver matrix. Nice miniature from 330 m level, Freital vein, Marx-Semmler Stolln, Oberschlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fresh silver wires (up to 1 cm) on

Fritz Seliger (Berlin) label of a galena pseudo after pyromorphite (the famous "Blaubleierz") from the Kautenbach mine, Bernkastel, Rhineland-Palatinate (about 1900). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Fritz Seliger (Berlin) label of a

From a 2005 find occur these undamaged brown baryte crystals (6 cm sample). Found at 318 shaft, Antonsthal, Erzgebirge, Saxony. The find developed lots of nearly colorless to yellowish brown crystals which are often damaged, unfortunately. Undamaged specimens are rather rare. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

From a 2005 find occur these undam

Galena Alter Grimberg mine, Niederdielfen, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 3,8 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena Alter Grimberg mine, Nieder

Galena Bleiberg open pit, Maubach, northern Eifel mountains, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 8,5 x 7 cm Crystals up to 5 mm. These lustrous cubes are quite rare in that region, most Maubach specimens are corroded. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena Bleiberg open pit, Maubach,

Galena Bleiwäsche quarry, Bad Wünnenberg, Sauerland, Northrhine-Westphalia 7 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena Bleiwäsche quarry, Bad Wünn

Galena Große Burg mine, Altenseelbach, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 5 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena Große Burg mine, Altenseelb

Galena Hermsdorf lime works, Frauenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 8,5 x 7 cm A rather uncommon galena occurence in marble. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena Hermsdorf lime works, Fraue

Galena Wohlfahrt mine, Rescheid, Eifel, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 6,5 x 4,9 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena Wohlfahrt mine, Rescheid, E

Galena (Gonderbach twin), ankerite Glücksbrunnen mine, Niederfischbach, Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 2 cm crystal (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena (Gonderbach twin), ankerite

Galena (Gonderbach twins) Gonderbach mine, Bad Laasphe, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 4 x 3 cm Etched spinel-law twin named after the mine. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena (Gonderbach twins) Gonderba

Galena (pseudomorph after pyromorphite) Heilige Dreifaltigkeit mine, Zschopau, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 5 x 3 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena (pseudomorph after pyromorp

Galena crystals (partly covered with proustite) on baryte. Excellent sample (9 x 7 cm) from Gesegnete Bergmannshoffnung mine, Obergruna, Saxony. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena crystals (partly covered wi

Galena crystals (some appearing as Gonderbach twins)on siderite xx from Gonderbach mine, Fischelbach, Siegerland. Sample width: 8,5 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena crystals (some appearing as

Galena cubes (up to 4 cm) from the Wohlfahrt mine, Rescheid, Eifel mtns., Westphalia. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena cubes (up to 4 cm) from the

Galena cubes on "cell quartz". From the Isaak Erbstolln mine, Halsbrücke, Freiberg district, Erzgebirge, Saxony. 10 cm sample with label. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena cubes on "cell quartz&

Galena from Schönbrunn, Saxony. Label about 1930. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena from Schönbrunn, Saxony. La

Galena on siderite Castor mine, Ehreshoven, Nordrhine-Westphalia, Germany 6 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena on siderite Castor mine, Eh

Galena ps. after pyromorphite St. Helena & Barbara mine, Bernkastel, Hunsrück, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 4,5 x 4 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena ps. after pyromorphite St.

Galena pseudo after pyromorphite (Blaubleierz). St. Helena & Barbara mine, Kautenbach, Bernkastel, Rhineland-palatinate, Germany. 4,5 x 3,8 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena pseudo after pyromorphite (

Galena, calcite Meggen mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 5 x 3,9 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, calcite Meggen mine, Lenne

Galena, calcite, dolomite Sachtleben mine, Meggen, Sauerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. 6 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, calcite, dolomite Sachtleb

Galena, Chalcopyrite
Georg Mine, Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
6 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, Chalcopyrite
Georg Min

Galena, dolomite Storch & Schöneberg mine, Gosenbach, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 5 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, dolomite Storch & Schö

Galena, fluorite Beihilfe mine, Halsbrücke, Saxony, Germany 3,5 cm Twinned galena aggregate on light blue fluorite crystals from 450 m level (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, fluorite Beihilfe mine, Ha

Galena, marcasite Alter Segen mine, Clausthal, Harz mtns., Lower Saxony, Germany. 7 x 3,5 cm An 18th Century find, former Zwickau museum collection (Saxony, Germany). (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, marcasite Alter Segen mine

Galena, marcasite Sauberg mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 8 x 3 cm Ex University of Rostock collection (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, marcasite Sauberg mine, Eh

Galena, pyrite Eisernhardter Tiefbau mine, Eisern, Siegerland, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 9,5 x 6,5 cm Old sample from the collection of Oskar Schmidt, a miner who worked at Eisernhardter Tiefbau and was member of the Siegen mineral collector´s club. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, pyrite Eisernhardter Tiefb

Galena, quartz Hannibal mine, Heftrich, Taunus, Hesse, Germany. 4 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, quartz Hannibal mine, Heft

Galena, quartz, sphalerite Wildberg mine, Reichshof, Bergisches Land, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany 7 x 5,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, quartz, sphalerite Wildber

Galena, siderite Georg mine, Willroth, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 7 x 4,5 cm Published specimen. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, siderite Georg mine, Willr

Galena, siderite, calcite Pfaffenberg mine, Neudorf, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 6 x 4,5 cm 1843 find with old Bergakademie Freiberg label. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, siderite, calcite Pfaffenb

Galena, siderite, calcite Pfaffenberg mine, Neudorf, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 6 x 4,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, siderite, calcite Pfaffenb

Galena, siderite, quartz Meiseberg mine, Neudorf, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 9,1 x 8,2 cm 1,5 cm crystal. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, siderite, quartz Meiseberg

Galena, siderite, quartz Meiseberg mine, Neudorf, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 9,1 x 8,2 cm Old label. Most labels just give the information "Neudorf", here the mine is mentioned as well. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, siderite, quartz Meiseberg

Galena, siderite, quartz Meiseberg mine, Neudorf, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. 9,1 x 8,2 cm Second label, glued on the sample. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, siderite, quartz Meiseberg

Galena, siderite, quartz Meiseberg mine, Neudorf, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 1,5 cm crystal (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, siderite, quartz Meiseberg

Galena, siderite
Himmelfahrt Mine, Kirschbaum Stehender vein, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
11 x 9 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, siderite
Himmelfahrt M

Galena, sphalerite, proustite Kurz Glück Spat vein, Eleonora mine, Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Germany Approx. 10 cm in width Very old ore sample with galena, sphalerite and minor proustite in banded opale matrix (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena, sphalerite, proustite Kurz

Galena-cuboctahedrons from the Vergnügte Anweisung mine, Freiberg, Erzgebirge. Sample width: 7 cm. (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena-cuboctahedrons from the Ver

Galena
Shaft 371, 1485 level, Schlema-Hartenstein District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
30 x 23 x 21 mm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena
Shaft 371, 1485 level,

Galena
Hermsdorf marble works, Frauenstein, Mittelsachsen District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany
8,5 x 7,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena
Hermsdorf marble works,

Galena
Georg Mine, Horhausen, Flammersfeld, Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Siegerland, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
6 x 3,5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena
Georg Mine, Horhausen,

Galena
Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, Salchendorf, Neunkirchen, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
12 x 10 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena
Pfannenberger Einigkeit

Galena
Kunst Mine, Struthütten, Neunkirchen, Siegen-Wittgenstein District, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
6 x 5 cm (Author: Andreas Gerstenberg)

Galena
Kunst Mine, Struthütte