Mark Mine

Weinbach, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

A former iron ore mine north east of Frankfurt.

Mindat lists 47 minerals from the site, including one for which it is the type locality – Allanpringite.

The site also produces a range of uncommon to rare minerals, including beraunite, cacoxenite, kidwellite, santabarbaraite, strengite, tinnunculite, tinticite, uricite, vantasselite, etc.

The site appears to be mostly reclaimed or covered.

 

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