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Feldspar quarry, Wolfsberg, Spittal, Millstatt lake ridge, Carinthia, Austria

Feldspatbruch, Wolfsberg, Spittal, Millstätter Seenrücken, Kärnten, Österreich

Abandoned feldspar quarry (active 1954-1973), 760 m asl.
Located on Wolfsberg mountain near Spittal.

Famous for well-developed wardite crystals.

References

- Meixner (1956): Carinthia II.
- Meixner (1961): Carinthia II.
- Meixner (1968): Carinthia II.
- Meixner (1975): Carinthia II.
- WALTER, F. & W. POSTL (1982): Über Montebrasit aus dem Pegmatitsteinbruch am Wolfsberg bei Spittal an der Drau, Kärnten. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges., 128, 47-50.
- Postl, W. & Walter, F. (1983): 529. Montebrasit-xx aus dem Pegmatitsteinbruch am Wolfsberg bei Spittal an der Drau, Kärnten. In Niedermayr, G., W. Postl & F. Walter (1983): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XXXII. Carinthia II, 173./93., 339-362.
- Luecke, W. & Ucik, F.H. (1986): Die Zusammensetzung der Pegmatite von Edling und Wolfsberg bei Spittal/Drau (Kärnten) im Rahmen der Pegmatitvorkommen des Millstätter See-Rückens. Arch. f. Lagerst. forsch. Geol. B.-A., 7, 173-187. [http://www.geologie.ac.at/filestore/download/AL0007_173_A.pdf]
- G. Niedermayr, I. Praetzel: Mineralien Kärntens, 1995
- Walter F. & Taucher J. (1995): Brasilianit vom Pegmatitsteinbruch am Wolfsberg bei Spittal an der Drau, Kärnten, Österreich - Matrixx Mineralogische Nachrichten aus Österreich, Bd.4, 69-73.
- Walter, F. (1998): Exkursion E4 am 27.9.1998 - MinPet 98 (Pörtschach am Wörthersee/Kärnten) - Die Pegmatite des Millstätter See-Rückens. Mitt. Österr. Mineral. Ges. 143, 437-450. [http://www.uibk.ac.at/mineralogie/oemg/bd_143/143minpet98_437-450.pdf]
- Blass, G. & Graf, H.-W. (2000): 1207. Kulanit, ein weiteres seltenes Phosphat vom Pegmatitbruch am Wolfsberg, bei Spittal a. d. Drau, Kärnten. Pp. 192-193 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2000): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XLIX. Carinthia II, 190./110., 181-224.
- Walter F. & Ettinger, K. (2004): 1359) Cyrilovit vom Pegmatit-Steinbruch am Wolfsberg bei Spittal a.d. Drau. Kärnten. Pp. 227-228 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2004): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIII. Carinthia II, 194./114.: 217-257.
- Brandstätter, F., Kolitsch, U., Walter, F. & Auer, C. (2010): 1626) Arsenopyrit, Graphit und ein rosa gefärbter Muskovit vom Pegmatitsteinbruch am Wolfsberg bei Spittal an der Drau, Millstätter Seenrücken, Kärnten. P. 214-215 in Niedermayr et al. (2010): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LIX. Carinthia II, 200./120., 199-260.

Mineral List

Albite
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Beryl
β-Uranophane
Bjarebyite
Brazilianite
Cassiterite
Childrenite
Columbite-(Fe)
Cyrilovite
Fluorapatite
Graphite
Kulanite
Meta-autunite
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)

Montebrasite
Muscovite
Perhamite
Quartz
Siderite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tapiolite-(Fe)
'Tourmaline'
Uraninite
Wardite
Zippeite
Zircon


29 entries listed. 27 valid minerals.

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