Dämmelwald clay pit

Mindat only lists two minerals from the site – gypsum (var. Selenite) and pyrite. Twinned and hourglass selenite crystals were reasonably common from the locale. Marine fossils and sharks teeth were also found.

From satellite views it seems there is still some industrial activity at the site but whether or not this is related to clay extraction I have no idea.

Further reading

• https://www.mindat.org/loc-32054.html

If you are interested in other classic German locales we may have stock from the following locales.

German locales

• Dämmelwald clay pit, Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Gründenwald, St Ulrich, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Hechtsberg quarry, Hausach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Käfersteige Mine, Würm, Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

• Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Bavaria, Germany
• Leonie I Mine, Schleichershof, Auerbach in der Oberpfalz, Amberg-Sulzbach District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
• Solnhofen Limestone Quarries, Solnhofen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen District, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

• Friedrichssegen Mine, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

• Bönkhausen, Sundern, 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

• Heimberg Quarry, Wolfshagen, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Pöhla-Tellerhäuser Mine, Schwarzenberg, Saxony, Germany
• Zinnwald, Zinnwald-Georgenfeld, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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