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Wilsdruff

Porphyry Fan in the Tharandt Forest

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Porphyry Fan in the Tharandt Forest

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Porphyry Fan in the Tharandt Forest

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  • Location: Wilsdruff, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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    August 3, 2020

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    In the 19th century, a roughly 40 meter wide and 22 meter high "quartz-poor porphyry" was visible through a quarry. About 290 million years ago, porphyry magma escaped explosively from the “Grunder column”. The material buried valleys and valleys and gradually cooled down. When cooling down, the volume decreased - first on the surface, then ever deeper. As a result, cracks formed until the columnar rock segregation ultimately emerged.
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    Very interesting geological rock formations. It is about 10 minutes from the Mohorn-Grund hiking car park to the porphyry fan.
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    September 19, 2015

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    Geological open-air museum very imposing
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    Location: Wilsdruff, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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