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Rhineland-Palatinate, Rheinland-Pfalz

Rother Kopf / In den Dellen, Niedermendig, Eifel

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Aragonite, phillipsite, chabazite, augite, hauyne in basalt cavities.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Quaternary basalt lava

Basalt quarries with zeolite-bearing lava vesicles.

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