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Rotliegend Rock Face
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Joe Outside
April 28, 2025
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Nentershausen looks back on a centuries-old mining tradition. The oldest document mentioning mining in the Richelsdorf Mountains, with 12 smelting furnaces, dates back to 1460. Mining only ceased in 1966. See: bergbaumuseum-nentershausen.de
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Nordhesse
February 17, 2025
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Here you can clearly see the "Rotliegend" of the Richelsdorf Mountains.
In the past, there was massive mining in this region, because the Rotliegend of the Richelsdorf Mountains is crossed by veins, under which there are the "cobalt ridges", on which cobalt and nickel ores occur in nests, the best known being barite, quartz and calcite.
In the past, there was massive mining in this region, because the Rotliegend of the Richelsdorf Mountains is crossed by veins, under which there are the "cobalt ridges", on which cobalt and nickel ores occur in nests, the best known being barite, quartz and calcite.
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