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Kreuzberg Mt. (Rose quartz cliff), Pleystein, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

(Kreuzberg (Rosenquarzfelsen), Pleystein, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Oberpfalz, Bayern, Deutschland)

A quartz cliff representing the core of a now eroded phosphate pegmatite. Collecting at the cliff is strictly prohibited.
Located at Pleystein and about 6.5 km ENE of Vohenstrauß.

Ref.:
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 868, 960.

- Der Aufschluss 1967(SB), 199-212.

- S. Weiß: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990

- http://www.berthold-weber.de/pleys.htm

- Dill, H.G., Weber, B. (2009), Pleystein-City on Pegmatite, 4th International Symposium on Granitic Pegmatites, Recife, Brazil.





Map Reference: 48°38'47"N , 12°24'42"E

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Mineral List:
Apatite-(CaF)
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Barbosalite
Baryte
Benyacarite
Beraunite
Bismite
Bismuth
Cacoxenite
Carlhintzeite
Chalcopyrite
Chalcosiderite
Columbite-(Fe)
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Dufrénite
Fluellite
Frondelite
Gypsum
Hematite
Heterosite
Hopeite
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Leucophosphite
Limonite
Meta-autunite
Metatorbernite
Meurigite-K
Morinite
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Pachnolite
Parahopeite
Petitjeanite
Pharmacosiderite
Phosphosiderite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
Rockbridgeite
Schoonerite
Sphalerite
Strengite
Strunzite
Torbernite
Triphylite
Turquoise
Vivianite
Wavellite
Waylandite
Whitmoreite
Wolfeite
Xanthoxenite
Zaïrite
Zircon
Zwieselite


59 entries listed. 57 valid minerals.

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