Kelmis

Source: Sanjay Acharya

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Nei pressi di Kelmis si trova una vena ricca di zinco. Dopo che milioni di anni fa la sabbia si era trasformata in arenaria, si formarono profonde crepe in quella roccia. Acqua vulcanica calda poté penetrare al suo interno. Quell'acqua conteneva vari elementi chimici. Uno di questi era lo zinco. C'erano molte piccole crepe, ma anche una grande crepa, proprio sotto il comune di Moresnet. Ed è in quella crepa che si depositò la smithsonite, la spargite o il carbonato di zinco. I primi abitanti scoprirono nei pressi di Moresent che le pietre avevano proprietà straordinarie. I romani utilizzarono il materiale per fare leghe e per applicarlo sulla pelle come medicinale per infiammazioni e disturbi. Lo descrissero come Pharmacopoeia. La sostanza era chiamata in latino cadmia o lapis calaminaris. I germanici trasformarono questo in galmei o kelmis. E così il villaggio di Kelmis ottenne il suo nome.

Source

Source: Philip Dröge, 2016, Moresnet, Spectrum.

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Address: Kelmis, Luik, Belgium

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