Baumholder and Pfeffelbach near Idar-Oberstein
An adventurous lecture on historical agate finds
At the invitation of the Friends of the Museum für Naturkunde Chemnitz, Dr Matthias Schreiter from Gera will ignite a colourful firework display of colours and structures with green, yellow and red mosaic agates from Pfeffelbach (Rhineland-Palatinate), white and red tubular agates and the extraordinary image of leopard jasper shimmering in various shades of brown. On Wednesday, 21 September 2016 at 18:30 in the TIETZ event hall at Moritzstraße 20, he will talk about long-forgotten historical agate sites and explain how they can be preserved for posterity. Admission is free.
For further information please contact:
City of Chemnitz, Culture Department
Chemnitz Museum of Natural History
Dr Thorid Zierold, Deputy Director, Curator of Natural Sciences
Telephone: 0371 488-4552
E-mail: zierold(at)naturkunde-chemnitz.de