Hühnerkobel, Rabenstein, Zwiesel, Bayerischer Wald, Niederbayern, Bayern, Deutschland
Ancient quartz quarry, abandoned in 1924, exploring a phosphate pegmatite hosted in the contact zone of two-micas granite and garnet gneiss.
Located on the northeast slope of Hühnerkobel mountain, 2.5 km NW of Rabenstein and about 6 km NW of Zwiesel.
References
- 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: 960, 977, 998.
- Der Aufschluss, special edition 1971, 61-74
- Der Aufschluss 1974(11), 596-603
- Der Aufschluss 1979(3), 93-99
- Der Aufschluss 1980, special edition no. 31, 55-58
- Weiß, S. (1990) "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich).
- Hochleitner, R. (2000): Rittmannit – Erstnachweis des Minerals der Jahnsit-Whiteit-Gruppe aus dem Pegmatit vom Hühnerkobel im Bayerischen Wald. Münchner Geologische Hefte, A 28, 29-33. [
http://www.lrz.de/~Mineralogische.Staatssammlung/ritt.pdf]
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