2000, May, Quartz, Calcite

 

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While driving on the interstate in Zederhaustal, something caught my attention that I had previously not noticed, a little wall of green-schist. Hidden in the woods, in a small ravine, this formation is visible for but an instant while driving on the motorway. A few days later, I was heading back to this rock-formation. I wanted to climb directly up the ravine in order not to lose sight of my target. Unfortunately, the ascent was more difficult than I had imagined: it was extremely steep and the way up was blocked by numerous fallen trees. Again and again, I was forced to take a detour. Two hours later, quite exhausted, I was standing on the upper part of the ravine. Finally, the wall of green-schist was not that far. When I was standing directly in front of the wall, I saw a little shelf five meters above, and directly above that, I noticed an open, narrow cleft leading into the rock.