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Topaz (var. Pyknite)

Tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Topaz (var. Pyknite)
€ 37.75 *Prices include VAT
Article code:  VIII.B.0270.015
Topaz (var. Pyknite) from the tin mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
This specimen measures approximately 120x70x40 mm and weighs approximately 0,51  kilogramme.

Tin-ore mining dominated the industry around Altenberg and Zinnwald; the area around Altenberg was mined for over 550 years, over the years more than 100,000 tonnes of tin were extracted, on both sides of the German an Czech Rep. border.
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