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Pumice Quarry Rhein-Ahr-Eifel

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Pumice Quarry Rhein-Ahr-Eifel

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  • Location: Nickenich, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    July 24, 2023

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    Pumice is mined here in open-cast mines.

    The eruption of the former Laacher See volcano 250,000 years ago threw tephra (ash) into the air, which covered the Middle Rhine Basin as a meter-high layer of pumice (16 billion cubic meters).

    Alluvial stones were made from pumice and milk of lime.
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    October 5, 2024

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    "...The pumice on the Rhine and Nette was formed from rapidly cooling, gas-rich lava that the Laach volcano spewed into the atmosphere for several kilometers over several days around 12,900 years ago.

    The enormous ejecta was carried mainly to the southeast by the wind. After just a few days, it covered the Neuwied Basin and parts of the Westerwald and the Hunsrück like a shroud. The rapidly cooling, gas-rich lava turned into pumice. The area covered by pumice layers with an average height of three meters was around 250 square kilometers..."
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    May 18, 2024

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    A really great round
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    Location: Nickenich, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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