Minerals from Steeden

 

The location Steeden are quarries near the town Runkel, near Limburg at the river Lahn.

Mined were Devonian mass limestones.

For the collector of attraction are the following minerals:

calcite, quartz, pyrolusite
 
Mineralogical the location is distinguished by
its variety of calcitees, which occur
as "Kanonenspäte", skalenoeder, rhomboeder and
various mixtures and for its beautiful pyrolusites.

calcite specimen height: 6 cm     calcite specimen height: 7 cm   calcite specimen width: 7 cm     pyrolusite picture height: 3 cm   calcite picture width: 4 cm     HOME