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Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Kastningite
Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

Photo: Thomas Witzke
Latitude: 49°38'26"N
Longitude: 12°28'42"E
Silbergrube, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Oberpfalz, Bayern, Deutschland

Aplite quarry working the remains of a now largely eroded granitic pegmatite.
Located 1 km W of Waidhaus and around 10 km ENE of Vohenstrauß.

Known for a variety of rare phosphates.


References

- Der Aufschluss, special ed. 1967, 188-190
- Kastning, J. (1992): Über Neufunde von Phosphatmineralien aus der 'Silbergrube', Waidhaus/Opf. Der Aufschluss, 43, 27-33.
- Kastning, J. & Schnorrer, G. (1996): Die Phosphatmineralien der 'Silbergrube' in Waidhaus/Oberpfalz. Lapis, 21 (5), 13-22.
- Novák, J. K., Pivec, E. & Štemprok, M. (1996): Hydrated iron phosphates in muscovite-albite granite from Waidhaus (Oberpfalz, Germany) [Hydratované fosfáty železa v muskovit-albitovém granitu z Waidhausu (Oberpfalz, Německo)]. Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 41 (3-4), 201-207.
- Blaß, G. & Graf, H.W. (1997): Neues aus der 'Silbergrube' Weidhaus in der Oberpfalz. Mineralien-Welt, 8 (4), 21ff.
- Schlüter, J. & Kastning, J. (1999): Das neue Phosphatmineral Kastningit und weitere Neufunde aus Waidhaus, Oberpfalz. Lapis, 24 (6), 39-42.
- Dill, H.G.; Weber, B.; Gerdes, A.; Melcher, F. (2008): The Fe-Mn phosphate aplite 'Silbergrube' near Waidhaus, Germany: epithermal phosphate mineralization in the Hagendorf-Pleystein pegmatite province. Mineralogical Magazine 72, 1119-1144.

External Links

- http://www.schmidt-waidhaus.de/ [Quarry operator]

Mineral List

Albite
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Beraunite
Cacoxenite
Chalcopyrite
Childrenite
'Chlorite Group'
Columbite
Cryptomelane
Eosphorite
Ferrisicklerite
Ferristrunzite
Ferrostrunzite
Fluorapatite
'Garnet'
Heterosite
Hureaulite
Kastningite (TL)
Keckite
Kingsmountite
Landesite
Laueite
Leucophosphite
Limonite
Ludlamite
Mangangordonite
Mantienneite
Marcasite
Meurigite-K
Mitridatite
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Paravauxite
Phosphosiderite
Pyrite
Quartz
var: Milky Quartz

var: Smoky Quartz
Rittmannite
Rockbridgeite
Sillimanite
Stewartite
Strengite
Strunzite
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Triphylite
Triploidite
Variscite
Vivianite
Wavellite
Whitmoreite


52 entries listed. 45 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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