Goitschit
Goitschit from the Bitterfeld deposit; Size of the largest fragment: 22 mm; Collection: Natural History Museum Mauritianum Altenburg.
Goitschit is a type of amber that was found in the Goitsche opencast mine near Bitterfeld . The name given when this fossil resin was first described in 1986 goes back to this.
Goitschit is significantly softer than succinite . The always opaque, whitish to yellowish pieces show specific features in infrared spectroscopic examinations, which enable a reliable differentiation of Goitschit from other types of amber.
literature
- Roland Fuhrmann, Rolf Borsdorf: The amber types of the Lower Miocene of Bitterfeld. In: Journal for Applied Geology 32 (12), Berlin 1986, ISSN 0044-2259 pp. 309-316 PDF . (Initial description)
- Roland Fuhrmann: The Bitterfeld amber species. In: Mauritiana 21, Altenburg 2010, ISSN 0233-173X , pp. 1-46 PDF .
- Roland Fuhrmann: The Bitterfeld amber - its origin and genesis. In: Mauritiana 20 (2), Altenburg 2008, ISSN 0233-173X , pp. 207-228 PDF .
- Günter Krumbiegel , Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz: The types of Bitterfeld amber. In: Bitterfelder Heimatblätter , special issue 2007, ISSN 0232-8585 , pp. 43–64, Bitterfeld 2007.
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