Limberg Quarries
Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Limberg Quarries is a group of seven abandoned quarries in a nature reserve.
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The best writeup on this site is “Der Limburgit von Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl
und seine hydrothermale Mineralführung” by Guido Lorent.
Unfortunately, it is in German and does not translate very well.
The quarries were simply numbered 1-7, some of which produced interesting minerals and others of which are covered in less detail.
The site did produce some interesting minerals overall, including two for which it is the type locality – Faujasite-Mg and Faujasite-Na.
Other interesting minerals include augite, montmorillonite, offretite, phillipsite, todorokite – mostly micro minerals.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-1833.html
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-442104.html
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-442106.html
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-442107.html
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-442108.html
- https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Berichte-naturf-Ges-Freiburg-Br_32_0217-0264.pdf
If you are interested in other classic German locales we may have stock from the following locales.
German locales
Baden-Württemberg
- 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
- Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, 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
- Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, 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
For the rest of our German stock, see below.
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