Bönkhausen
Sundern, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Bönkhausen is a small hamlet near the town of Sundern, which was part of a lead, silver, and iron ore mining region in the area.
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Anglesite from Bönkhausen, Germany
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Caledonite from Bönkhausen, Germany
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Chenite from Bonkhausen, Germany
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Linarite from Bönkhausen, Germany
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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.
North Rhine-Westphalia- 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
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