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Frank de Wit
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... glowing in dark times...
« on: March 10, 2005, 09:07:27 PM »
tomorrow, or today, when you read this...
at 11:30 think about me.... picture me, 750 meters underground in the Merkers saltmine...
watching 1-meter large Halit crystals...
jealouse? you bet ya  Cheesy
(see http://giantcrystals.strahlen.org/europe/merkers.htm)
mmm now I think of it; I have to get out of bed at 04.30, drive off at 05.00 into Germany, traffic jam Aachen, traffic jam Koln, drive drive... shit... I think I will stay in bed  wink
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Frank de Wit
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... glowing in dark times...
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2005, 09:04:07 PM »
We were invited by the Merkers mine to make 360-degrees panorama photographs underground with a fish-eye lenze; Thomas Krassmann arranged the trip and made the pictures, Thomas Witzke and I were allowed to 'assist'  wink
Some numbers and keywords  Cool
We left at 05.00 and returned 20.15, drove 820 km, and went 800 meters underground...
We drove about 20 km underground in a 4x4 car to reach the cavity and some other locations where we were allowed to look for minerals...
This mine is 140 square kilometers large underground and has about 4.000 km of  workings... the whole mining district underground is 1.000 square km large... incredible... see http://www.k-plus-s.com/gruppe/struktur.cfm
We saw a 45 meters wide cavity, up to 10 meters high, with Halit crystals to something more than 1 meters big and sometimes waterclear...
We found Carnalit crystals of which some are 2,5 cm long and Rinneit and Bischofit also on another spot

And now I'm very happy and tired  Cheesy
This was one of the best days of my life...
I will make a report sunday; I made a lot of pictures  wink
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Frank de Wit
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... glowing in dark times...
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2005, 09:10:43 PM »
some smaller crystals  Smiley

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« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2005, 09:13:27 PM »
without me on it is better
each of the crystals is about 20 cm long..... !

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« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2005, 09:15:58 PM »
and some larger crystals...

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« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2005, 09:18:17 PM »
the first picture is the lower part of the cave
each of the crystals is about 20-30 cm large !

the lower picture is the upper part of the cave , Thomas&Thomas are for dimensions...  Smiley

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Jean-Marc Johannet
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« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2005, 09:31:40 PM »
Ouahou !
Do you think I can found Jousi boxes large enough to put one in my collection !
JM
PS: White clothes fit you very well, they make you thiner  cheesy !
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Harjo Neutkens
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« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2005, 10:15:40 PM »
WOW, WOW double plus WOW!!!!!

Very nice , I see you had a very good (understatement) day!
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« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2005, 10:48:11 PM »
and some fast pictures of Carnalit-xx
(see also http://www.mindat.org/min-906.html)

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David Nieto
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« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2005, 08:53:08 AM »
Just unbelievable! shocked  shocked  shocked
You will have to keep this stuff in a air-tight box!!
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Jean-Marc Johannet
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Portugal-April 2008; Thanks to DJY ;-)
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2005, 09:45:09 AM »
Hi Franck,

Do you know this reference:
J. W. Minette (1999) - Great pockets: The Carlsbad Halite Caves -  The Mineralogical Record, Vol. 30, pp369-372.

In this case, Halite crystals more than a meter on edge were golden yellow colored. They were discovered in the 1960's.

Tell me if you want a copy of this article.

JM
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Mark Phlippeau
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« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2005, 11:34:33 PM »
jeetje,

die XX zijn echt groooooooooooooooot.

wel heel erg mooi.


groeten Mark
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Frank de Wit
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... glowing in dark times...
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2005, 08:59:05 PM »
I'm still writing the text
but all the pictures are here
http://www.strahlen.org/vp/de/merkers/
Cheesy
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Thomas Krassmann
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2005, 11:00:15 AM »
Hallo aus Bayern

Wer sich schon immer mal genauer in der "Kristallgrotte" in der Grube Merkers / Thüringen mit bis 1 m großen Steinsalzwürfeln umsehen wollte und das nicht durfte, hat jetzt wenigstens virtuell die Gelegenheit dazu :

http://giantcrystals.strahlen.org/3dpano/merkers3d.htm

Schaut mal rein und wenn ihr Lust habt, schreibt Eure Meinung dazu

Glück Auf

Thomas
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Harjo Neutkens
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« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2005, 01:47:18 PM »
Hi Thomas,

Das seht echt SUPER aus, complimente, haste schon gemacht! shocked
Und wenn ihr nachstes mahl noch'nen lustigen Hollander braucht um mit zu gehen.......Er kennt meine nummer, und adresse.... wink

Grusse

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