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

(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 has now become a visitor's mine. Located about 2 km SE of Bodenmais.

Refs.:
- 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





Mineral List:
Albite
var: Andesine

var: Oligoclase
Almandine
Alunogen
Amakinite
Andalusite
Andradite
var: Topazolite
Anthophyllite
Apatite-(CaF)
Aragonite
Arsenopyrite
Azurite
Baryte
Biotite
Bismuth
Bornite
Calcite
'Chabazite'
Chalcanthite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copper
Cordierite
Covellite
Cubanite
Cuprite
Diaspore
Dolomite
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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