Hopffeldboden, Hopffeldgebiet, Obersulzbachtal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich
Rocksled material, consisting mainly of aplitic gneisses with small miarolitic cavities hosting some rare minerals.
The best finds in the (at that times) fresh material were made in the 1980s.
NOTE: Milarite and kainosite-(Y) are not reported from the Hopffeldboden. Their occurrence in this area is restricted to the nearby Hopffeldgraben, which is listed as a separate locality.
References
- Schebesta, K. (1982): Hopffeldboden/Obersulzbachtal: die Mineralien der alpinen Klüfte vom Hopffeldboden. Lapis 7 (1), 9-20; 42.
- Schebesta, K. (1986): Neue Mineralien vom Hopffeldboden im Obersulzbachtal. Lapis 11 (4), 9-18; 42.
- Poeverlein, R. (1986): Erzmineralien vom Hopffeldboden. Lapis 11 (4), 19-20.
- Schultz, G. (1986): Ein bemerkenswerter Eigenfund. Japaner Zwilling vom Hopffeldboden, Obersulzbachtal. Lapis 11 (10), 38.
- Strasser, A. (1989): Die Minerale Salzburgs.
- Zappel, A. (1986): Die Aeschynite der Ostalpen. Lapis 11 (4), 21-23.
- Preite, D. (1986): Hopffeldboden (Salzburg, Austria). Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 10(1), 1-11.
- Kolitsch, U. (2011): 1688) „Vaterit“ vom Hopffeldboden, Obersulzbachtal: eine Fehlbestimmung. P. 155-156 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2011): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LX. Carinthia II, 201./121., 135-186.
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