The last still functional and water-powered gemstone grinding shop in the Idar Valley; A path leads uphill from the Weiherschleife to the Steinkaulenberg visitor mine. You can visit both if you have time, but I would prefer the mine.

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1. Steinkaulenberg Gemstone Mine – Steinkaulenberg Prospecting Adit loop from Idar-Oberstein

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2. Steinkaulenberg Gemstone Mine – Steinkaulenberg Prospecting Adit loop from Landkreis Birkenfeld

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3. Steinkaulenberg Gemstone Mine – Steinkaulenberg Prospecting Adit loop from Landkreis Birkenfeld

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Elevation 300 m

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Location: Idar-Oberstein, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Historic Weiherschleife Gemstone Grinding Mill

1. Steinkaulenberg Gemstone Mine – Steinkaulenberg Prospecting Adit loop from Idar-Oberstein

2. Steinkaulenberg Gemstone Mine – Steinkaulenberg Prospecting Adit loop from Landkreis Birkenfeld

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