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Basalt Quarry at Ober-Widdersheim

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Basalt Quarry at Ober-Widdersheim

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Basalt Quarry at Ober-Widdersheim

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    Location: Nidda, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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    April 4, 2020

    In the quarry of the Nickel family located on the northern outskirts of Ober-Widdersheim, the Vogelsberg basalt is mined.

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    Powerful rock body made of fine-grained, medium-acid basalt lying on top of phonolite; In the heavily decomposed basalt bladder interfaces with hydrothermal neoplasm.

    Minerals
    Ober-Widdersheim is generally known as a place of discovery of beautiful zeolites (e.g. phillipsite, offretite, Levyn, especially natrolite and chabasite), calcite (in various crystal forms) and other minerals, which is quite typical for Vogelsberg.

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      Location: Nidda, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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