Diamanten der Vulkaneifel

In the organizer's words:

12,800 years ago, the Laacher See volcano erupted and hurled many cubic kilometers of lava into the sky. A huge magma chamber emptied beneath the Eifel. In the final phase of the eruption, the volcano blew something very special into the air: small blue gemstones, the haüyne. We hike through the lava masses of the Laach volcano, learn a lot of information about this time in the Eifel, what happened and what can still be observed today. We climb the cinder cone of the volcano "Krufter Ofen", the ascent is quite steep for a short time. There we observe completely different lava types and structures and look out over the landscape from the impressive "Teufelskanzel" viewpoint. In the Haüyn discovery areas, we will have at least 1 ½ hours to search for crystals. There is a find guarantee. You will receive a haüyn collecting kit with the necessary equipment to collect and store small crystals, but please bring a hammer yourself.