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Věžná II pegmatite, Věžná, Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina Region, Moravia (Mähren; Maehren), Czech Republic

Latitude: 49°26'50"N
Longitude: 16°56'26"E
Metasomatic pegmatite 40 m long and up to 75 cm thick. This pegmatite is very rich in minerals. There are some pieces of pegmatite around the site, however finding good specimens requires digging. Site is in the forest and digging is of course illegal.

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
Anthophyllite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Bavenite
Beryl
Biotite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Celadonite
'Chabazite'
Columbite
Cordierite
Dolomite
Epididymite
Eudidymite
Fluorite
Harmotome
Hydrotalcite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Microlite Group
Milarite
'Monazite'
Muscovite
Natrolite
Orthoclase
Phlogopite
Prehnite
Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Stibiobetafite (of Černý et al)

Quartz
Rutile
Sillimanite
Stokesite
'Thomsonite'
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Wellsite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


42 entries listed. 30 valid minerals.

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References

Petr Pauliš (2001): Nejzajímavější mineralogická naleziště Moravy a Slezska. Kuttna, Kutná Hora.

PETR CERNY, JOSEPH V. SMITH, ROGER A. MASON, AND JEREMY S. DELANEY (1964) GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROLOGY OF FELDSPAR CRYSTALLIZATION IN THE VEZNA PEGMATITE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Canadian Mineralogist Vol.22, pp. 631-651.

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