Mooserboden-Stausee, Kapruner Tal, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Österreich
When the the dams and the hydroelectric power plant were constructed during the 1950's, a number of manganese mineralizations were cut. The minerals ususally appeared as finely grained inclusions in prasinites, free-standing crystals did not occur.
In summer 2007 collectors opened clefts with calcite and chlorite in the Mooserboden area.
References
- Horninger, G. (1956): Manganminerale vom Mooserboden bei Kaprun. Tschermaks Mineral. Petrograph. Mitt. 3. Folge, 5, 48-69.
- A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs (1989)
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