Provenite

Farmsen clay pit (Farmser Tonkuhle)

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52.1686° N, 10.0914° E · ± 1 km

Siderite from Lower Saxony, Germany, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Siderite

Siderite at Farmsen clay pit (Farmser Tonkuhle)

Three stalactitic growths of lustrous greenish-yellow siderite from the Farmsen clay pit.
Three stalactitic growths of lustrous greenish-yellow siderite from the Farmsen clay pit.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Second view of the stalactitic siderite from the Farmsen clay pit.
Second view of the stalactitic siderite from the Farmsen clay pit.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
FeCO₃
Morphology
Stalactitic growths covered with bladed crystals
Color / luster
Dark greenish-yellow, highly lustrous
Availability
Scarce
History
Specimen originally in the collection of Werner Lieber.

Sources: SRC-596 SRC-611

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Geology of the locality

Region
Lower Saxony
Country
Germany

Former brick-clay pit just north of the village; the brickworks closed in 1974 and the pit is now a nature reserve. Coordinates are those of the village (German Wikipedia). No second source documenting siderite was opened.

Sources: SRC-596

Sources

  1. SRC-596 · Website
    Farmsen (Schellerten)Wikipedia contributors · Wikipedia (German)
  2. SRC-611 · Website
    File:Siderite-65651.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.