A Mineralogical Journey across Europe E-Book

Friedrich Naumann

• Herausgeber: E-Sights Publishing
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Seitenzahl: 19

Beschreibung

Nobody can escape the fascination of the mineral world, because each mineral is a unique specimen and evokes admiration due to its form, colour, shape and distinct features. Worldwide, more than 4600 different minerals were identified. Since 2008, the most beautiful of them have found their permanent home in TERRA MINERALIA in the university town of Freiberg. In 34 selected steps this e-book starts a mineralogical journey from Germany to many European countries.

Leseprobe

Cover

A Mineralogical Journey across Europe Friedrich Naumann (Text), Jörg Wittig (Pictures)

published 2014 by E-Sights Publishing

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Copyright © 2013 Friedrich Naumann All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-3-945189-07-8

Content

Preface

Argentite

Argentite

Agate

Agate

Gypsum

Psilomelane

Apatite

Bastnaesite

Fluorite

Pyromorphite

Apatite

Hematite

Hematite

Smoky Quartz

Smoky Quartz

Ruin Marble

Native Sulfur

Epidote

Jasper

Epidote

Almandine

Gypsum

Moldavite

Dyskrasite

Fluorite

Copper

Calcite

Galena

Rhodochrosit

Calcite

Galena

Quartz

Heliodor

Malachite

Preface

Five centuries ago the great scholar of mining and metallurgy Georgius Agricola said: "The soul's most pleasing food is observing nature". Particularly with regard to the unique treasures the fascinating realm of minerals has to offer, this is true even today. So far, more than 4,250 different kinds of minerals have been found, most of them unsurpassable in their crystalline shape, unusual colours and aesthetic perfection. Collecting and preserving these precious objects of "frozen earth history" is not only fascinating but immensely useful if, as in the present case, these arduously acquired minerals are made available to the public and therefore to general education.

For the Swiss scholar Dr. Erika Pohl-Ströher it was a matter of course to donate her unique collection of minerals collected with great enthusiasm from all parts of the world to the oldest mining academy of the world, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, as a foundation in 2004. With this, Freiberg's geosciences have now an excellent scientific base.