The Rožná pegmatite is a classic locality studied from 18th century. It is located in Strážek Moldanubicum, along contact with the Svratka Unit, and it is hosted in migmatized biotite gneisses. The pegmatite dike is about 1 km long and 35 m wide. It was opened on the Hradisko hill, on the Borovina hill and in locality Rožná-north.
Lepidolite subtype pegmatite.
References
- Klaproth, M.H. (1810): Untersuchung des Rubellites aus Mähren, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Fünfter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 86-90
- Novák, M., Houzar, S., Pfeiferová, A. (1998): Přehled mineralogie, petrografie a historie klasické lokality lepidolitového pegmatitu v Rožné u Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, západní Morava. Acta Musei Moraviae, Sci. geol., 83: 3-48.
- Lapis 1994(6): 49-50.
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