Luftenberg (Steiningerbruch), St. Georgen an der Gusen, Linz, Oberösterreich, Österreich
Pegmatite outcrops in granite quarry which, in the 1970s, yielded multicoloured apatite (the majority being bluish) and nice colourless hydroxylherderite crystals.
The quarry is long abandoned.
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32 entries listed. 21 valid minerals.
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References
- R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
- Linzner, F. (1994): Amethyst vom Luftenberg bei Steining O.Ö. OÖ. Geonachr. 9, 11-12.
- Brandstätter, F. & G. Niedermayr (1995): 982. Zum Granat vom Luftenberg bei Linz, Oberösterreich. Pp. 157-158 in: NIEDERMAYR G. et al.: Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich XIVI. Carinthia II 185/105, 145-168.
- Brandstetter, G. & M. Reich (1998): Luftenberg - eine bedeutende Pegmatitmineralisation in Oberösterreich. OÖ. Geonachr. 13, 11-25. [
http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/OOE_GEO_13_0011-0025.pdf]
- Brandstetter, G. (1999): Luftenberg - eine bedeutende Pegmatitmineralisation in Oberösterreich. Mineralien-Welt 10 (3), 12-18.
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