Breinigerberg Mine, Breinig, Stolberg, Aachen, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Banded intergrowth of Sphalerite, Wurtzite and some Galena. Collection C.&H. Schäfer.
© Christof Schäfer
Schalenblende and Galena from a classic German locality. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs.
© Leon Hupperichs
melnikovite on schalenblende. field of view: 20 mm. photo 2-19-2011.
© Philip Bluemner
Schalenblende. Photo 2-19-2011. Own collection #0800
schalenblende. field of view: 80 mm. photo 2-19-2011. own collection #0800
Schalenblende, polished. Photo 2-19-2011.
Large polished slice of Schalenblende with smithsonite on the right hand side. Collection and photo, Paul De Bondt.
© Collection and photo 2012, Paul De Bondt
A typical example of smithsonite as "calamine or galmei" ore. Specimen size 8 x 7 cm, cut and polished.
White cerussite crystals on a brownish smithsonite crust. Field of view 1.3 cm.
Partially oxidized schalenblende. Photo and collection François Wouters.
© François Wouters
Schalenblende. Photo 2-19-2011. Own collection #0801
Banded calcite, showing colours ranging from white to deep red. 15,5 x 6,5 cm specimen from Lohkul shaft, Breinigerberg mine. With old label (see other picture).
© Andreas Gerstenberg
Field of view 3 cm.
Schalenblende. Photo: 05-27-2013.
Field of view 4 cm.
May 2009.
Overgrown dumps and mining area. Nowadays a nature reserve. May 2009.
The Schlangenberg, once hosting up to 12 shafts, nowadays a nature reserve. May 2009.