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Pumice Quarry at Lake Laach

Pumice Quarry at Lake Laach

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Pumice Quarry at Lake Laach

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Location: Glees, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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42x7

August 7, 2017

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"With a density of 0.24 to 0.3 g / cm³, pumice is much lighter than water at a temperature of 20 ° C with about 1 g / cm³. This …

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Mirco Dö

September 1, 2020

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The remains of a historic quarry. Interesting stopover

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Sabine 🦁

December 8, 2019

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I came here on Georoute L. The small quarry is interesting in that I know only underground pumice mining. He was a valuable degradation product already at the time of the Romans. He makes cement waterproof in cement production. The Romans used this for the underwater construction of their harbor facilities.

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Elevation 290 m

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Tuesday 4 August

31°C

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19 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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