Nickenicher Sattel
Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Basalt quarry that digs through occasional areas of mineralisation.
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Kaersutite from Nickenicher Sattel, Germany
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Pseudobrookite and Nepheline from Nickenicher Sattel, Germany
£5.00
The site primarily produces crushed basalt for aggregates, and large armourstones – used as sea defences and in marine foundations etc.
Crystals in this site have formed in fissures, cracks, and voids in fumaroles etc.
The site may be known as Nickenicher Sattel, Eicher Sattel, or RPBL Werk Nickenich.
Mindat lists 75 minerals from the site, including one for which it is the type locality, nickenichite.
Further reading
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-13795.html
- https://www.tomeikminerals.com/copy-of-other-eifel-locations/
- https://www.rpbl.de/rpbl-werk-nickenich/
If you are interested in other minerals from nearby locales, we may have stock from the following locations.
Rhineland-Palatinate- Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Friedrichssegen Mine, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Nickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Schöne Aussicht Mine, Dernbach, Wirges, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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