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Silberberg Mine, Bodenmais, Zwiesel, Bavarian Forest, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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Silberberg Mine, Bodenmais, Zwiesel, Bavarian Forest, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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Grube Silberberg, Bodenmais, Zwiesel, Bayerischer Wald, Niederbayern, Bayern, Deutschland

Iron sulphide deposit in cordierite-garnet gneiss, disseminated by quartz veins. The mine was abandoned in 1962 and was later converted into a tourist mine.

Located about 2 km SE of Bodenmais.

Mineral List

Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase
Almandine
Alunogen
Amakinite
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Topazolite
Anthophyllite
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bismuth
Bornite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'

Chrysocolla
Copper
Cordierite
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Diaspore
Dolomite
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Gahnite
var: Kreittonite
Galena
Goethite
Goslarite
Graphite
Greenockite
Gypsum
var: Selenite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Hematite

Hercynite
'Heulandite'
Högbomite
'Hornblende'
Hypersthene
Ilmenite
Kyanite
Langite
Limonite
Linnaeite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Matildite
Melanterite
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
Opal
Orthoclase
Pitticite
Pyrite

Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
'Scapolite'
~~Schapbachite~~
Schorl
Siderite
Sillimanite
Silver
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Pleonaste
'Stilbite'
Sulphur
'Tourmaline'
Valleriite
Vivianite
Wagnerite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon

86 entries listed. 67 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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References

- Lapis 1977(9), 20-24
- Der Aufschluss 1980, special edition no. 31, 75-89
- Hochleitner, R. (1977): Harmotom vom Silberberg/Bodenmais im Bayerischen Wald. LAPIS 7 (6), 38
- Obermüller, T., (1993): Der Silberberg bei Bodenmais/Bayer. Wald, Der Aufschluss, Vol. 44, 201-224
- Weiß, S: : "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
- Habel, M. (2011): Neufunde aus dem östlichen Bayerischen Wald (VIII). Mineralien Welt. 22 (1),80-87

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