Graulay quarry

The quarry is owned and operated by Dieter Stolz Lavagruben, who, according to Mindat do allow some visits from collectors.

The quarry seems to occasionally be known by variations on the Graulay name – Graulai, Graulei, Grauley, etc. The site is also known as ‘Basaltwerk Bolsdorf’.

My favourite specimens from here are definitely the perovskites, sometimes called skeletal – they look a little like fir trees to me!

There are also a wide range of interesting zeolite minerals from the site, and some rare barium minerals.

Mindat lists 79 mineral species from the site, including 3 for which it is the type locality.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-1797.html

If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.

• Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Walsdorf, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Feuerberg, Hohenfels-Essingen, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Friedrichssegen Mine, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Graulay quarry, Hillesheim, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Hannebacher Ley, Hannebach, Spessart, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Löhley, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Kahlenberg, Oberstadtfeld, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Nerother Kopf, Neunkirchen, Daun, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Nickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Niveligsberg, Drees, Kelberg, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Rothenberg Quarry, Bell, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Schellkopf, Brenk, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Schöne Aussicht Mine, Dernbach, Wirges, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Thelenberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

You can also browse by state: • Baden-Württemberg • Bavaria • Hesse • North Rhine-Westphalia • Rhineland-Palatinate • Saxony •

For the rest of our German stock, see below.

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