Locality
7°40´ east longitude, 50°18´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Braubach, Koblenz, Germany, Europa

Personal relationship of donor
Mineral deposits research

Historical relevance of location
Mining was abandoned in the Rhenish Slate Mountains several decades ago.

Geological relevance of location
Disseminated copper ores are formed by ionic solutions migrating though rock.

Classification of the earth

Structure	copper minerals
Colour	bluish yellow and brown
Age	Palaeozoic

Donor

Geoscientific Collections Section of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
 Hannover,
 Germany