We would like to give you an insight into which col\u00adlec\u00adtions have found their way to us and thank the col\u00adlec\u00adtors for their sup\u00adport. In addi\u00adtion to the donors of entire col\u00adlec\u00adtions, there are many small donors who often send us very rare minerals.
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Inso\u00adfar as these donors are not men\u00adtioned here:<\/strong> You can find them all in our <\/strong>col\u00adlec\u00adtion admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> We would like to take this oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to thank all donors for their support.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Oct. 2025<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms. Mau\u00adr\u00ader wish\u00ades to reduce the size of her col\u00adlec\u00adtion. Part of the pieces was trans\u00adferred to the Geolitho Foun\u00adda\u00adtion gGmbH. Some par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00ading spec\u00adi\u00admens were passed direct\u00adly on to the Muse\u00adum Grube Sil\u00adber\u00adhardt \u2013 includ\u00ading an impres\u00adsive, approx\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly 50-kilo\u00adgram cal\u00adcite scaleno\u00adhe\u00addron, which will cer\u00adtain\u00adly be dis\u00adplayed there to great effect. July 2025<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n We are cur\u00adrent\u00adly very pleased to incor\u00adpo\u00adrate the col\u00adlec\u00adtion of Wal\u00adter Gra\u00df into our lithotheque. The approx\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly 4,000 spec\u00adi\u00admens are a unique tes\u00adta\u00adment to the Clara Mine in the Black For\u00adest. Vera Gra\u00df already made this remark\u00adable col\u00adlec\u00adtion avail\u00adable in 2019 \u2013 our sin\u00adcere thanks to her for this valu\u00adable enrichment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mai 2025<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n We were allowed to take over the col\u00adlec\u00adtion of Theo Hala\u00adma<\/a> (*24.12.1941 \u2014 16.12.2024) from Bot\u00adtrop. Many thanks to his grand\u00addaugh\u00adters Insa and Solveig and their moth\u00ader Daniela Hagenbruch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The col\u00adlec\u00adtion main\u00adly com\u00adpris\u00ades fos\u00adsils from hard coal. The mines are no longer acces\u00adsi\u00adble today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jul. 2024<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Markus Barth has left us the col\u00adlec\u00adtion of his grand\u00adfa\u00adther. A well-doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded col\u00adlec\u00adtion in which geo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal fea\u00adtures were doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded with a great deal of pas\u00adsion. The col\u00adlec\u00adtion, large\u00adly con\u00adsist\u00ading of pieces col\u00adlect\u00aded by him\u00adself, rang\u00ading from min\u00ader\u00adals to rocks, is part\u00adly inte\u00adgrat\u00aded into the col\u00adlec\u00adtions of the Geolitho Foun\u00adda\u00adtion. Many of the pieces date back to the 70s and 80s and the sites where they were found have already become extinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feb. 2024<\/mark><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anoth\u00ader part of the very exten\u00adsive col\u00adlec\u00adtion of the late col\u00adlec\u00adtor Josef Miethaner has been donat\u00aded to us. Parts of the col\u00adlec\u00adtion are to be housed in the Kirch\u00adseeon local his\u00adto\u00adry muse\u00adum. The trans\u00adfer to the vir\u00adtu\u00adal col\u00adlec\u00adtion has begun. Thanks to his daugh\u00adter for the gen\u00ader\u00adous donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jan. 2024<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n Flo\u00adri\u00adan Kaiser has entrust\u00aded us with his youth col\u00adlec\u00adtion con\u00adsist\u00ading of approx. 70 min\u00ader\u00adals. From small to hand spec\u00adi\u00admens, every\u00adthing is includ\u00aded. As he thinks our project is great, he has also under\u00adpinned this with a finan\u00adcial dona\u00adtion. Thank you very much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dez. 2023<\/mark><\/mark><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n Berthold Kunz has donat\u00aded his micro\u00admounts to the Foun\u00adda\u00adtion. Two col\u00adleagues from the Lithothek team col\u00adlect\u00aded the col\u00adlec\u00adtion from him on site. Some of the micro\u00admounts have already been added to the Lithothek. Many thanks to Berthold!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Juli 2023<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n An exten\u00adsive col\u00adlec\u00adtion of min\u00ader\u00adals and fos\u00adsils from Aus\u00adtria, Switzer\u00adland and Moroc\u00adco with numer\u00adous beau\u00adti\u00adful quartz spec\u00adi\u00admens was donat\u00aded to us from the for\u00admer col\u00adlec\u00adtion of the late col\u00adlec\u00adtor Josef Miethaner. Parts of the col\u00adlec\u00adtion are to be housed in the Kirch\u00adseeon local his\u00adto\u00adry museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feb. 2023<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n To sup\u00adport the local his\u00adto\u00adry muse\u00adum in Kirch\u00adseeon, Alois Lech\u00adn\u00ader has donat\u00aded five attrac\u00adtive large steps to us. We will show them off to their best advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jan. 2023<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n The par\u00adents and sib\u00adlings of our pre\u00adsen\u00adter Andreas, who passed away in Novem\u00adber 2022, have bequeathed a large part of his col\u00adlec\u00adtion to the foun\u00adda\u00adtion. We will house his col\u00adlec\u00adtion items as best we can and make them acces\u00adsi\u00adble to the pub\u00adlic as far as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No, his col\u00adlec\u00adtion will not be in the Lithothek, there are oth\u00ader inter\u00adest\u00aded buy\u00aders. But Horst is still very con\u00advinced of our idea and helps us wher\u00adev\u00ader he can. He is con\u00adstant\u00adly mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading our new Geolitho col\u00adlec\u00adtion man\u00adage\u00adment sys\u00adtem to see what new acqui\u00adsi\u00adtions we are mak\u00ading and draws our atten\u00adtion to any dis\u00adcrep\u00adan\u00adcies, which we always inves\u00adti\u00adgate and which we usu\u00adal\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnize as jus\u00adti\u00adfied and take into account. Every now and then a \u201cpar\u00adcel\u201d arrives from Leoben with micro\u00admounts that we do not yet have in our col\u00adlec\u00adtion. We now have over 400 spec\u00adi\u00admens, many of which have been pho\u00adtographed and doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded in the Min\u00ader\u00adal Atlas. Fur\u00adther infor\u00adma\u00adtion about Horst Sch\u00adabere\u00adit\u00ader<\/a> can be found in the Min\u00ader\u00adal Atlas under col\u00adlec\u00adtor\u2019s profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nov. 2022<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n Joachim<\/a> has gone to the trou\u00adble of search\u00ading for over 300 steps that could be of inter\u00adest to the Lithothek from the col\u00adlec\u00adtion of his father Hans Erich Bluth, which he has added to. He record\u00aded these pieces in our Geolitho col\u00adlec\u00adtion man\u00adage\u00adment sys\u00adtem and donat\u00aded them to the Foun\u00adda\u00adtion for the Lithothek. We record\u00aded these steps in the Lithothek, assigned them to his father Hans Erich Bluth<\/a> as donors and cre\u00adat\u00aded a col\u00adlec\u00adtor\u2019s pro\u00adfile<\/a> for him. Dr. Hell\u00adfried Uebele has giv\u00aden the Foun\u00adda\u00adtion his well-doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded col\u00adlec\u00adtion for the Lithothek. After<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jan. 2022<\/mark><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n The very exten\u00adsive col\u00adlec\u00adtion is rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded in the Lithothek with over 6500 pieces. Dr. Thomas Krass\u00admann has donat\u00aded a col\u00adlec\u00adtion and unprocessed mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal to the Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jul. 2019<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n The col\u00adlec\u00adtion is cur\u00adrent\u00adly rep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded by over 1000 steps in the Lithothek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2015<\/mark><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n Wolf\u00adgang Stahlmann nev\u00ader had any con\u00adtact with our group dur\u00ading his time as a col\u00adlec\u00adtor. He lived near Osnabr\u00fcck and there\u00adfore far too far away from us. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, he learned about the Lithothek from the Mner\u00adalia Atlas and from sto\u00adries. And he was so tak\u00aden with our vision that he donat\u00aded a large part of his col\u00adlec\u00adtion while he was still alive (all micro\u00admounts except those from the Eifel, which he gave to oth\u00ader friends). Almost 600 spec\u00adi\u00admens from his for\u00admer col\u00adlec\u00adtion now adorn the Lithothek and keep alive the mem\u00ado\u00adry of this active, knowl\u00adedge\u00adable and lov\u00adable col\u00adlec\u00adtor. In his col\u00adlec\u00adtor\u2019s pro\u00adfile, Wolf\u00adgang Stahlmann<\/a> him\u00adself talks about his love for these beau\u00adti\u00adful stones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Partial collection of Andrea Maurer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Many thanks for the won\u00adder\u00adful spec\u00adi\u00admens from the Clara Mine, from Asturias and Nava\u00adj\u00fan in Spain, as well as from Idar-Ober\u00adstein and Waldhambach.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCollection of Walter Gra\u00df<\/strong> from Heiligenhaus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Collection of Theo Halama<\/strong> from Bottrop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Collection of Dr. Heinz Barth<\/strong> from Munich<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Another part of Josef Miethaner<\/strong>\u2019s collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Florian Kaiser<\/strong>\u2019s youth collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Partial collection of Berthold Kunz<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Partial collection of Josef Miethaner<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
5 large steps from Alois Le<\/strong>chner<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Acquisition of the collection of Andreas Brand<\/strong> (alias Hg)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Micromounts by Horst Schabereiter<\/strong> in the Lithothek<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Addition of missing micromounts from the Hans Erich and Joachim Bluth<\/strong> collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nAcquisition of the collection from Dr. Hellfried Uebele<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Acquisition of the Helmut B\u00fcttner<\/strong> collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\nAcquisition of collection items and unprocessed material from Dr. Thomas Krassmann<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Acquisition of the Rudolf Berrenrath<\/strong> collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n