Bönkhausen

Bönkhausens mining history is extensive and dates back to the year 1450.

Various slag piles and tailings piles around the site were picked over by mineral collectors in Germany, although some are now designated nature reserves.

Mineralienatlas has various photographs of the site as it was on the surface in 2010, as well as photographs of various minerals found on the site.

Mindat lists 48 mineral species found around the area, including baryte, cerussite, chenite, elyite, galena, goethite, malachite, quartz, sphalerite and wulfenite.

Further reading

• German language Wikipedia article.
• Wikipedia article – English translation.
• Mineralienatlas (German language)
• Mineralienatlas (English translation via Google translate)
• https://www.mindat.org/loc-279411.html

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

• Anna mine, Alsdorf, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Becke-Oese quarry, Hemer, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Bönkhausen, Sundern, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Calcite quarry, Holzen, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Caspari Mine, Uentrop, Arnsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Castor Mine, Loope, Engelskirchen, Oberbergischer Kreis, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Clemensberg Quarry, Hildfeld, Winterberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Dörnberg Mine, Olsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Föckinghausen quarry, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Juno Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, 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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