Himmelsfürst Mine
Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
A historic silver-lead mine worked for centuries before eventually being closed in 1969.
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Mindat lists 53 mineral species from the site, including five for which it is the type locality – argyrodite, freislebenite, jordisite, kenoargentotetrahedrite-(Fe), xanthoconite.
The site is probably best known for fine micro specimens of native silver, which formed as tremendously intricate ‘ropes’ and wires.
Himmelsfürst Mine had numerous shafts, including:
- Brandstein shaft
- Franken shaft
- Gelobt Land mine
- Glückauf Shaft
- Horchhalter Shaft
- Lade des Bundes Shaft
- Nilligs shaft
- Reichelt Shaft
- Vertrau auf Gott Shaft
The site appears to have been in some operation since between 1596 and 1969, with a good writeup of the history of the mine available on the German language wikipedia.
The site appears to be completely reclaimed, although some dump sites still exist on private land – whether any access to these can be negotiated, I’m afraid I’m not sure.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-1884.html
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelsf%C3%BCrst_Fundgrube
- https://www.mindat.org/a/mariopauwels_silber_grube_himmelsfurst_himmelsfurst_mine_silver
If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
Saxony- Heimberg Quarry, Wolfshagen, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany
- Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany
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