Moresnet

Source: Bureau of Mines

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Under kommunen Moresnet løber en åre rig på zink. Efter at sandet for millioner af år siden blev omdannet til sandsten, opstod dybe revner i den klippe. Varm vulkansk vand kunne trænge ind i dem. Det vand indeholdt forskellige kemiske elementer. En af dem var zink. Der var mange små revner, men også en stor revne lige under kommunen Moresnet. Og det er i denne revne, at Smithsonit, zinkspat eller zink-carbonat blev aflejret. Tidlige indbyggere opdagede nær Moresent, at stenene havde bemærkelsesværdige egenskaber. Romerne brugte materialet til at lave legeringer og smørre det på deres hud som medicin mod betændelser og lidelser. De beskriver det som Pharmacopoeia. Stof blev på latin kaldt cadmia eller lapis calaminaris. Germanerne forvanskede det til galmei eller kelmis. Og således fik landsbyen Kelmis sit navn.

Source

Source: Philip Dröge, 2016, Moresnet, Spectrum.

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Address: Plombières,Moresnet, Luik, Belgium

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