Dear Uwe,
Many thanks for that information. We have always had the feeling that local
indigenous miners picked up the word from German miners who were here in the
1420s and again from 1520 onwards under Joachim Hochsetter and the word has
become slightly changed over time. In the minutes of Mine Directors meetings
in the 1840s it was described as Falhers ore. Interestingly it has always
been identified as the ore with the higher silver content as against the
gangue ores.
Kindest regards,
Trevor
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Subject: Re: Falhers ore
Dear Trevor,
thanks for the link.
Maybe you would be interested on a more precise information on the term?
The German word (linguistically, Austrian is really nothing more than a
German dialect, but do not tell that an Austrian) Fahlerz is composed of the
word "fahl" meaning pale or dull and "Erz" meaning ore.
The term Fahlerz summarises the whole range of possible compositions from
tennantite to tetraedrite and has been used by 16th century miners as well
as by present-day mineralogists.
Best Wishes,
Uwe
Dear List,
You may be interested in viewing a piece of recently excavated Falhers ore
(which contained up to 16% silver) from the Combe Martin excavations.
Click on the like below and then the XML link from the first page, or enter
the
website and click on 'Quick link site map' and go to Newsround.
Kindest regards,
Trevor
http://www.cmsmrps.org.uk - a community archaeology initiative.
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