Wolsendorf, Germany

Click on individual icons to see larger pictures and text.

Elements: Fluorine
Location: Wölsendorf
Scientist: (None) Stinkspat

greeted by lupines

Close-up of lupines

source of "Stinkspat,"

"Marien Mine Road"

eastward out of town

"Fluorspar Road"

Flußspatweg

toward the mine area

the mine area

a historic landmark

Above the mine entrance

a mine car and the guardian saint

plaque giving the time-line

creation of mines

Surface mining for silver

the mining hall