[Rockhounds] Berlin To Prauge Rockhunting Opportunities

[Juergen Wachsmuth]

Hello,
in the area aroun Usti nad Labem there are many localities known for zeolites.
Many of them are of historical interest only, nice papers and maps by HIBSCH.
It should be worth to look for active basalt quarries etc. The most obvious one
is in Usti itself, Marianska quarry. It may be difficult to gain access if you
are not speaking Czech language - or even better Russian as many guards come
from countries to the east (I visited three years ago).

Don't miss the National Museum in Prague. There you will see the best mineral
specimens during your trip, I guess.

Regards,
Jürgen

Owen Kramer schrieb:

> My wife and I are taking a two week bicycle trip through Elderhostel from
> Berlin to Prague.  We are also going to Kunajov   70 miles south of Prague.
> This is the ancestral home town that my grandfather and great grandfather
> was smart enough to leave in the 1870s.   Do any of the members know enough
> of the area to recommend mineral or fossil collecting sites along this Elbe
> River Valley route?
>
>
>
> Owen Spencer Kramer
>
> Richland, WA
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