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Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge

Blauer Bruch Quarry

Natural Monuments

Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge

Kirchenlamitz

Blauer Bruch Quarry

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Blauer Bruch Quarry

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Location: Kirchenlamitz, Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

July 18, 2022

Here the rare blue granite was mined. In the meantime, blue granite is only quarried in Europe at the Kösseine quarry near Schurbach.

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

May 19, 2020

Blue granite has been found here at the Blauer Bruch, which lacks the limonite coloring - in German: rust or brown iron ore or brown iron stone coloring. In gas bubbles (miaroles or drusen), the quartz, feldspar and mica rocks that were already formed could "develop" undisturbed during the cooling phase and thus contributed to the abundance of stones in the Fichtelgebirge mentioned above. A particularly large number of rare minerals, also popular with collectors, can be found here on the Epprechtstein, whose mineral wealth was already known in the 19th century - in Goethe's time - and many scholars - like Goethe and Alexander von Humboldt - moved to the Fichtelgebirge for research purposes. While Goethe only made a stop here in transit to the Bohemian baths, Humboldt was involved in mining in the Fichtel Mountains.
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fichtelgebirge-oberfranken.de/sabine/Steinbruchwanderweg.htm

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HINTERINDIEN_DE

June 25, 2020

You will pass the Blauer Bruch as part of the HINTERINDIEN.DE tour No. 1 with the quarry hiking trail.

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Location: Kirchenlamitz, Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Blauer Bruch Quarry

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